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LEGAL COUNSEL

The primary function of the Senate Legal Counsel's Office is to approve all bills, resolutions and amendments for technical correctness prior to their introduction on the Senate floor. This generally consists of a thorough proofreading of any proposed documents against the existing statutes for spelling, typographical, punctuation, or grammatical errors, as well as any other technical problems.

The Legal Counsel's Office also prepares all Senate-passed bills for messaging, and transmits them either to the House of Representatives for its action or to the LSB for preparation as enrolled bills prior to the Governor's review. This is done by incorporating all adopted amendments into the original bill and preparing the new copy for reprinting. The Legal Counsel's Office also prepares the Senate clipsheets.

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