Colorado State Publications - Colorado Legislative Council
Colorado Legislative CouncilThe Legislative Council was created in 1953 to collect research data, consider important issues of public policy and to prepare reports, bills, and other documents for presentation to the General Assembly. The council is a legislative committee, but has a permanent research staff. The staff serve as the nonpartisan research arm of the Colorado General Assembly.
The council maintains a Web site that includes links to ballot issues, economic forecasts, fiscal notes, school finance, and sunrise/sunset reviews. The reports listed below as well as many additional public policy research reports and legislative information are found on the Council Web site at: www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcs.htm.
The following reports are a selected list of publications from the Legislative Council that are all available at the State Publications Library.
Two reports that describe the rules and practices of the General Assembly are:
- The legislative process. 1998, 66p. GA4.2/L52/1998
- Colorado General Assembly. 1999, 1 sheet. GA4.2/G29/1999
Public policy research, as well as school paper and debate topic material, are located in the selected list of the Research Publication Series below:
- An overview of the Colorado adult criminal justice system: report to the General Assembly. 1998, 187p. GA4.9/452
- Recommendations for 1999: study of hazardous material response and preparedness: report to the Colorado General Assembly. 1998, 26p. GA4.9/446
- Recommendations for 1999: study of the dropout rate in secondary schools: report to the Colorado General Assembly. 1998. 37p. GA4.9/443
- Recommendations for 1999: Welfare Oversight Committee: report to the Colorado General Assembly. 1998, 49p. GA4.9/450
- Report of the Children's Information Management Committee. 1998, 13p. GA4.9/449
- School district size factors: report to the Colorado General Assembly. 1999, 27p. GA4.9/451
- Study of commuter airlines, recommendations for 1999: report to the Colorado Legislative Council. 1998, 18p. GA4.9/448
- Tax handbook: state and local taxes in Colorado: report to the Colorado General Assembly. 1998, 106p. GA4.9/447
Abbreviated subject research is found in the "Issue Brief Series" including:
- The big picture: an overview of state finances. 1998, 1 sheet, GA4.20/98-4
- Chemical warfare disposal. 1998, 1 sheet, GA4.20/98-6
- Colorado's School-to-Career Program. 1998, 1 sheet, GA4.20/98-8
- Health education and public policy. 1998, 1 sheet, GA4.20/98-5
- How Colorado compares in K-12 funding. 1999, 1 sheet, GA4.20/99-1
- Initiatives and referenda in the 1990's. 1999, 1 sheet, GA4.20/99-2
- Transportation finance. 1998, 1 sheet, GA4.20/98-1
To borrow any of these publications, contact the State Publications Library, 201 E. Colfax Ave., Room 314, Denver, CO 80203; 303/866-6725; fax 303/866-6940. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Publications may also be available at depository libraries that carry state government documents, or through interlibrary loan. For information, access the Web site at www.cde.state.co.us/stateinfo/index.htm.
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