Michigan
Chapter 4 — Legislature
161 entries
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4.11 Commission on legislative apportionment; number, selection, regional distribution.
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4.12 Commission on legislative apportionment; membership eligibility; ineligible for election to legislature.
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4.13 Commission on legislative apportionment; appointment, terms, vacancies.
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4.14 Secretary of state as secretary of commission; duties; election of chairman or co-chairmen; rules; compensation; expenses.
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4.15 Commission; convening; completion of work; hearings; notice.
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4.16 Publication of apportionment and districting plan; inclusion of plan in public acts.
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4.17 Commission; disagreement on plan; submission to supreme court.
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4.18 Elector's application for review of plan, supreme court powers.
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4.19 Effective date.
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4.20 Repeal.
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4.41 Legislature, members elect; delivery of list by secretary of state, time; designation by districts.
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4.42 Convening of legislature, time, organization, temporary rules.
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4.43 Lieutenant governor's absence, secretary to preside; roll call.
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4.44 Clerk to preside pending election of speaker; roll call.
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4.45 Secretary of senate, clerk of house; vacancies in office.
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4.46 Repealed.
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4.61 House of representatives; assignment of seats; applicability of act.
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4.101 Legislative committees; powers, punishment for contempt.
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4.121 Oaths, depositions, acknowledgments; powers of legislators.
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4.141 Oaths of office; preservation.
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4.171 Bills affecting local revenues; fiscal note.
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4.181 Witnesses before legislative committees; compensation, mileage allowance.
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4.182 Committee expenses; payment.
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4.183 Sergeant at arms; traveling expenses for summoning witnesses.
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4.184 Incidental expenses; payment.
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4.201 Legislative adjournment dates since 1850; publication.
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4.202 Future legislative adjournment dates; publication.
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4.221 Interim session legislative committees and commissions.
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4.241 Secretary of senate and clerk of house; interim duties.
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4.242 Repealed.
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4.261 Redistricting plan for senate and house of representatives; enactment by legislature; guidelines.
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4.261a Senate and house districts; violation of voting rights act of 1965 prohibited.
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4.262 Jurisdiction of supreme court to decide cases or controversies involving redistricting plan; procedures for review of legislative redistricting plan; modification o
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4.263 Preparation of plan by supreme court; petition or pleadings.
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4.264 Filing of petition for review; duties of supreme court.
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4.265 Act as severable.
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4.351 Definitions.
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4.352 Office of legislative corrections ombudsman; creation; legislative corrections ombudsman as principal executive officer; appointment; term.
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4.353 Procedures as to budget, expenditures, and personnel.
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4.354 Commencement of investigation; procedures as to complaints, investigations, hearings, and reports.
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4.355 Access to physical and electronic information, records, and documents; authorization to interview; inspection of premises; informal hearings; appearance; evidence.
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4.356 Administrative process; investigation or hearing discretionary.
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4.357 Notice of investigation; notice when investigation declined.
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4.358 Legislative council; hearing; administration of oaths, subpoena of witness, and examination of books and records.
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4.359 Correspondence between ombudsman and prisoner as confidential and privileged; secrecy; disclosures; exemption.
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4.360 Report of investigative findings; recommendations; forwarding report.
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4.361 Announcing critical conclusion or recommendation; publishing adverse opinions; publishing statement in defense or mitigation of action; notice of action on recommen
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4.362 Annual report.
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4.363 Prisoner not to be penalized for complaint, cooperation, or communication; prohibitions.
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4.364 Authority of ombudsman.
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4.381 Short title.
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4.382 Sergeant at arms; powers and duties; locations; office as law enforcement agency; training and licensure or certification requirements; report.
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4.411 Meanings of words and phrases.
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4.412 Definitions generally.
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4.413 Additional definitions.
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4.414 Additional definitions.
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4.415 Additional definitions.
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4.416 Additional definitions.
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4.416a Resignation from office; lobbying during remainder of term; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
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4.417 Registration forms; filing; contents; failure to register; late registration fee; penalty; notice of termination.
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4.418 Signed report; filing; form; extension; filing amended report; contents of report; reporting expenditures for food and beverage; failure to report; late filing fee;
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4.419 Preservation of accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers, and documents; inspection of records; contents of records; violation; penalty.
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4.420 Accounting of lobbying and expenditures; waiver; violation; penalty.
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4.421 Employment of lobbyist agent for compensation contingent on outcome of administrative or legislative action; gifts, loans, or preferential interest rates; selling o
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4.422 Summaries of statements and reports.
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4.423 Statement or report; determination of filing; deadline for filing; notice of error or omission; notice of failure to file; failure to give notice; making correction
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4.424 Enforcement of penalties; filing sworn complaint; determination of probable cause; notices; cooperation in conduct of investigations.
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4.425 Ordinance or resolution.
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4.426 Rules.
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4.427 Civil action; criminal prosecution.
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4.428 Severability.
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4.429 Declaratory ruling or interpretive statement.
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4.429a Adjustment of monetary amounts established for registration and reporting thresholds and for penalties; applicability, determination, and announcement of adjustmen
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4.430 Effective date of MCL 4.417, 4.418, 4.419, 4.420, 4.421, 4.422, 4.423, and 4.431.
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4.431 Repeal of MCL 4.401 to 4.410.
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4.511 Legislators; definitions.
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4.512 Compensation.
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4.513 Mileage.
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4.514 Copies of documents; insurance benefits; expense allowance for members, house speaker.
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4.515 Payment of compensation, mileage and expenses.
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4.516-4.518 Repealed.
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4.541 Legislative committees; inspection of records and files of state departments, boards, institutions, and agencies; subpoena duces tecum.
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4.551 Liability of legislator in civil action.
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4.552 Legislator as party in contested case or other administrative proceeding.
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4.553 Subpoena as to statements made by legislator.
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4.554 Subpoena duces tecum.
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4.555 Conditional effective date.
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4.771 Definitions.
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4.772 Office of Michigan veterans' facility; creation; Michigan veterans' facility ombudsman as principal executive officer; appointment.
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4.773 Council; approval of budget; expenditure of funds; employment of personnel.
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4.774 Commencement of investigation by ombudsman; interview; conditions; establishment of procedures.
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4.775 Access to information, records, and documents; inspection; informal hearings; appearance.
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4.776 Administrative remedies.
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4.777 Notice of decision to investigate complaint.
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4.778 Council; hearing.
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4.779 Confidentiality; disclosure; privacy provisions.
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4.780 Report of findings; recommendations.
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4.781 Report critical of person, facility, or department; consultation before submission of report; statement.
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4.782 Report; contents.
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4.783 Prohibited conduct.
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4.784 Scope of authority.
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4.791 Definitions.
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4.792 Office of the tribal legislative liaison; creation; principal executive officer; appointment.
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4.793 Council; approval of budget; expenditure of funds; employment of personnel.
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4.794 Powers and duties of liaison.
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4.801 Division of state into 38 senatorial districts; constitution and numbering of districts.
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4.802 Division of state into 110 representative districts; constitution and numbering of districts.
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4.803 Maps and legal descriptions of districts; conveyance by secretary of state to legislature and governor; supplemental appropriation for costs; appropriations and exp
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4.804 Definitions.
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4.805 Effective dates.
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4.901 Appointment of certified public accounting firm; audits; scope and frequency; reports.
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4.1101 Short title.
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4.1102 Definitions.
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4.1103 Legislative council; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; alternates; removal; vacancies; expenses.
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4.1104 Legislative council; election of chairperson and alternate chairperson; meetings; notice; rules; quorum; report; oaths; subpoena of witnesses; examination of books
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4.1104a Council administrator; appointment; duties; responsibilities.
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4.1105 Legislative service bureau; creation; bill drafting, research, and other services; organization; appointment of director to serve at pleasure of council; duties, q
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4.1106 Director as chief administrative officer of bureau; employment and compensation of employees; employees as nontenured, at-will employees; discipline, transfer, dem
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4.1107 Legislative reference library; research services; technical and other assistance.
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4.1108 Legislative service bureau; drafting duties; publication of general laws in force; publication of public and local acts.
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4.1109 Employees not to urge or oppose legislation; duties of employees; recommendation of legislation by director; confidentiality.
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4.1110 Text of statutes, constitution, index, and other matter included in compiled laws; maintenance; use of materials for departmental publications.
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4.1121 Definitions.
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4.1122 Applicability of chapter.
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4.1123 Official publisher; duties; designation of electronic record as official; compliance.
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4.1124 Authentication of record.
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4.1125 Presumption of accurate copy; recognition of record from another state; contesting authentication; burden of proof.
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4.1126 Preservation and security of record; requirements.
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4.1127 Availability of records to the public.
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4.1128 Official publisher; implementation; considerations.
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4.1129 Cooperative agreement between council administrator and supreme court administrator's office.
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4.1130 Application and construction of chapter; uniformity.
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4.1131 Laws superseded; exception.
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4.1201 Reprints; sale; disposition of money received; creation of statutes reprint publishing fund; expenditures; utilization of fund.
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4.1202 Statutes compilation fund; creation; administration; expenditures; disposition of money received from sale of compilations and public and local acts volumes; utili
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4.1203 Michigan register fund; creation; administration; expenditures; disposition of money received from sale of Michigan register and amounts paid by state agencies; us
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4.1204 Access to computerized council legislative databases and information; rules; conditions and restrictions; creation and administration of legislative computer infor
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4.1204a Legislative calendar, notices, agendas, and listing of committees; availability on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibite
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4.1204b Bills and resolutions; availability of text on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
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4.1204c Bill analysis; availability on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
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4.1204d House or senate fiscal agencies; availability of fiscal bill analysis on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
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4.1204e Bills and resolutions; availability of status on Internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
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4.1204f House and senate journals; availability of text on internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
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4.1204g House fiscal bill analysis; availability on internet; copyright or other proprietary interest or entitlement; fee prohibited.
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4.1205 Repealed.
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4.1206 Creation and administration of funds in state treasury.
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4.1207 Approval of expenditures.
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4.1301 Michigan commission on uniform state laws; creation; composition; meetings; purpose; annual report; expenses; continuation of commissioners appointed under former
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4.1401 Michigan law revision commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; designation of chairperson; continuation of members appoint
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4.1402 Salaries and expenses of members; appointment, duties, and compensation of employees.
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4.1403 Duties of commission; availability of writings to public.
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4.1501 Senate fiscal agency; creation; purpose; government; availability of writings to public; confidentiality; definitions; employees as nontenured, at-will employees;
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4.1502 Senate Fiscal analysis; requirements.
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4.1601 House fiscal agency; creation; purpose; governing committee; availability of writings to public; confidentiality; definitions; financial statements; employees as n
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4.1602 House Fiscal analysis; requirements.
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4.1701, 4.1702 Repealed.
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4.1751-4.1753 Repealed.
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4.1781-4.1783 Repealed.
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4.2001a Representative districts; division after January 1, 2013; numbering.
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4.2002a Senatorial districts; terms of office beginning after January 1, 2015.
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4.2005a Redistricting plans; principles.