Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 1 – General Administration

Article 22 – Legislation

This covers a bill that has been amended by the Legislature and it may, or may not, have previously been analyzed. The amendment may, or may not, change the thrust of the bill, its impact upon the Department and/or the Department’s position on the bill. A single bill may be amended several times during the legislative process, and staff may be requested to perform more than one analysis of the bill or its amendments.
It will not be necessary to repeat an analysis of unchanged portions of an amended bill, unless new information is developed that could significantly affect the Department or the Department’s recommended position. The extent of the new analysis will depend both on the complexity and significance of the amendments and the availability of new information. Normally, a statement as to any change made by an amendment, and the effect it has, will suffice.
In some instances the amendments will be so extensive that an entire new analysis must be made in order to clearly present the effects of the amendments.
The analysis of an amended bill shall be prepared in memorandum form, just as the original analysis. The same caption headings shall be used, but only use those necessary to the analysis of the amended portions of the bill. The analysis shall be signed by the assistant or deputy director having administrative authority over the staff who prepared the analysis.