Office of the Legislative Counsel

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The Office of the Legislative Counsel is a nonpartisan legal and drafting office that provides legislative, legal, and policy support services to the Oregon Legislature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
nonpartisan legislative support office ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Oregon ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
employer Legislative Counsel ⓘ
assistant legislative counsels ⓘ
professional staff ⓘ
fieldOfWork legislative drafting ⓘ
public law ⓘ
statutory interpretation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic confidential in attorney-client relationships with legislators ⓘ
nonpartisan ⓘ
hasClient Oregon House of Representatives ⓘ
Oregon Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Oregon Senate ⓘ
linked to: Oregon State Senate
hasPurpose to ensure legislation is clear, consistent, and legally sound ⓘ
to support the lawmaking process in Oregon ⓘ
hasRole advise legislators on legal issues related to legislation ⓘ
assist in codification of Oregon laws ⓘ
assist in preparation of administrative rules ⓘ
assist in preparation of bills and amendments ⓘ
assist in preparation of resolutions ⓘ
assist in statutory revision ⓘ
provide legal opinions to individual legislators ⓘ
provide legal opinions to legislative committees ⓘ
provide legal opinions to the Oregon Legislature ⓘ
provide legal support services ⓘ
provide legislative drafting services ⓘ
provide nonpartisan legal analysis ⓘ
provide policy support services ⓘ
review proposed legislation for clarity ⓘ
review proposed legislation for consistency with existing law ⓘ
review proposed legislation for legal sufficiency ⓘ
support legislative policy development ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Oregon
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm office of the legislative branch ⓘ
locatedIn Oregon State Capitol ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Marion County, Oregon ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Salem, Oregon ⓘ
operatesOnPrinciple nonpartisanship ⓘ
professional legal ethics ⓘ
partOf Oregon Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Oregon Legislature ⓘ
serves legislative committees of the Oregon Legislature ⓘ
members of the Oregon House of Representatives ⓘ
members of the Oregon Senate ⓘ

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Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee → governs → Office of the Legislative Counsel ⓘ
Legislative Counsel → mayHead → office of legislative counsel ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Legislative Counsel