Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Legislative Reference Bureau
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- LRB
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Description area
Dates of existence
1943-1996
History
The Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) was created by Act 91, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1943, as a department of the University of Hawaii (UH), "for the use of the members of the legislature, the Governor and the various departments, institutions and agencies" of the territorial government, as well as, under circumstances regulated by the president of the university, private citizens. The purposes of the Bureau were: to assist the Governor and members of the legislature in the proper performance of the their functions by providing them with impartial and accurate information and reports concerning legislative problems; to provide a research and reference service; to secure information pertaining to legislative problems; to draft bills; to render legal services in connection therewith; and to make available for use by agencies and citizens its reference materials and facilities.
Act 171, Session Laws of Hawaii, 1972, established the LRB as an office under the legislature, disestablished the LRB as a department of the UH and transferred its functions from the UH to the newly created office. At the same time, the research services of the Bureau were restricted to the legislature, its committees and members. Concurrently, the office of the Revisor of Statutes was placed within the LRB.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Session Laws of Hawai‘i 1943, Act 91
Session Laws of Hawai‘i 1972, Act 171
HRS, 1993, §23G
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Status
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created on 2000-02-24, Allen H. Hoof
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Sources
Session Laws of Hawai‘i 1943, Act 91
Session Laws of Hawai‘i 1972, Act 171
HRS, 1993, §23G
Maintenance notes
2021-04-19, Carol Kellett: Entered into AtoM.