Legislative Bill Drafting Commission

{{Infobox government agency | agency_name = | type = commission | nativename = | nativename_a = | nativename_r = | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = | picture = | picture_width = | picture_caption = | formed =  | preceding1 = | preceding2 =  | dissolved = | superseding = | agency_type = | jurisdiction = New York | headquarters = 55 Elk Street,<br/> Albany, NY | coordinates =  | motto = | employees = | budget = | chief1_name = Daniel F. Salvin | chief1_position = commissioner | chief2_name = James E. Long | chief2_position = commissioner | parent_department = | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency =  | keydocument1 = Legislative Law | website =  | map = | map_width = | map_caption = | footnotes = | embed = }} The New York '''Legislative Bill Drafting Commission''' ('''LBDC''') aids the New York State Legislature in drafting legislation; advises as to the constitutionality, consistency or effect of proposed legislation; conducts research; and publishes and maintains the documents of the Legislature.<ref>Legislative Law § 25</ref><ref name=Kaplan2013>{{cite news|title=Albany, Long Buried in Paper, Resolves to Save a Small Forest|date=10 August 2013|first=Thomas|last=Kaplan|work=The New York Times|access-date=25 August 2014|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/nyregion/albany-long-buried-in-paper-resolves-to-save-a-small-forest.html}}</ref> It is composed of two commissioners.

The LBDC maintains the Legislative Retrieval System (LRS) containing the full record of Legislature activity, for which it charges $2500 per session for access.<ref>{{cite book|title=Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice|editor1-first=Daniel|editor1-last=Lathrop|editor2-first=Laurel|editor2-last=Ruma|year=2010|chapter=Democracy, Under Everything|first=Sarah|last=Schacht|page=[https://archive.org/details/opengovernmentco00lath_0/page/158 158]|publisher=O'Reilly Media|isbn=978-0-596-80435-0|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/opengovernmentco00lath_0/page/158}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Developers Network|publisher=New York State Senate|access-date=22 December 2014|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/developers/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Status Hotline|publisher=The Legislative Gazette|access-date=22 December 2014|url=http://www.legislativegazette.com/CallPage-8351.113122-Bill-Status-Hotline.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008023612/http://legislativegazette.com/CallPage-8351.113122-Bill-Status-Hotline.html|archive-date=2014-10-08}}</ref> The LRS version of the ''Consolidated Laws'' is published under statutory authority and is available online but is not certified pursuant to Public Officers Law § 70-b.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide|first1=Ellen M.|last1=Gibson|first2=William H.|last2=Manz|year=2004|page=74,80–81|edition=3rd|publisher=Wm. S. Hein Publishing|isbn=1-57588-728-2|lccn=2004042477|oclc=54455036|url=https://www.wshein.com/media/samples/5268.pdf}}</ref> The LBDC also publishes the ''Laws of New York''.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Set the Law Free, Say Council Members Lander, Vacca, Kallos: Legislation to Put Law Online for Free Instead of Behind Paid Subscriptions|first=Ben|last=Kallos|authorlink=Ben Kallos|date=9 June 2014|access-date=12 June 2014|url=http://benkallos.com/press-release/set-law-free-say-council-members-lander-vacca-kallos-legislation-put-law-online-free-i}}</ref>

The LBDC is composed of two commissioners, the Commissioner for Administration and the Commissioner for Operations, each appointed jointly by the Temporary President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly.<ref>Legislative Law § 24</ref>

== See also == * Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress * Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the US House of Representatives * Office of the Federal Register of the National Archives and Records Administration

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