Legislative Counsel

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Legislative Counsel is a nonpartisan legal and policy advisor responsible for drafting legislation and providing legal services to a state legislature and its committees.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Counsel canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government legal advisor ⓘ
nonpartisan position ⓘ
public official role ⓘ
advises individual legislators ⓘ
legislative committees ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
characteristic confidential ⓘ
impartial ⓘ
nonpartisan ⓘ
collaboratesWith bill sponsors ⓘ
committee staff ⓘ
executive branch legal staff ⓘ
employedBy state legislature ⓘ
goal ensure legal soundness of legislation ⓘ
improve clarity of legislation ⓘ
support effective lawmaking ⓘ
hasRole drafter of legislation ⓘ
legal advisor to a state legislature ⓘ
policy advisor to a state legislature ⓘ
provider of legal services to individual legislators ⓘ
provider of legal services to legislative committees ⓘ
mayHead office of legislative counsel ⓘ
operatesIn legislative branch ⓘ
state government ⓘ
reportsTo legislative leadership ⓘ
requiresQualification admission to a state bar ⓘ
law degree ⓘ
requiresSkill legal research ⓘ
policy analysis ⓘ
statutory drafting ⓘ
responsibleFor advising on constitutional issues related to legislation ⓘ
advising on separation of powers issues ⓘ
advising on statutory construction issues ⓘ
assisting in codification of statutes ⓘ
assisting in legislative research ⓘ
drafting amendments ⓘ
drafting bills ⓘ
drafting resolutions ⓘ
ensuring consistency of legislation with existing law ⓘ
providing legal opinions on legislative matters ⓘ
reviewing administrative rules for consistency with statutes ⓘ
reviewing proposed legislation for legal sufficiency ⓘ
statutory interpretation for legislators ⓘ
subjectArea administrative law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
worksOn drafting technical corrections bills ⓘ
session laws ⓘ
state statutes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee → employs → Legislative Counsel ⓘ
Office of the Legislative Counsel → employer → Legislative Counsel ⓘ