1999 Minnesota Statutes

     3C.03 Drafting duties of revisor's office. 

    Subdivision 1.    Limitation.  As far as personnel and 
 available appropriations permit, the revisor's office shall 
 perform the drafting duties described in subdivisions 2 to 4.  

    Subd. 2.    Drafting department.  The revisor's office 
 shall maintain a drafting department.  On request, the office 
 shall draft or help to draft bills, resolutions, and amendments 
 for the governor, members of the legislature, departments or 
 agencies of the state, or special committees or commissions 
 created by the legislature or appointed by the governor to study 
 or revise the laws.  The revisor's office also has the rule 
 drafting duties described in chapter 14.  

    Subd. 3.    Requests for drafting services.  The persons 
 or bodies listed in subdivision 2 may submit to the revisor's 
 office requests for drafting services.  A request must state 
 briefly the policy and purpose of the document to be drafted. 
 Documents must be drafted to conform to the instructions given 
 in the request.  

    Subd. 4.    Drafting manual.  The revisor's office shall 
 prepare and issue a bill drafting manual containing styles and 
 forms for drafting bills, resolutions, and amendments.  

    HIST: 1984 c 480 s 3