SB 84-1_ Filed 01/28/2010, 12:04 ChairPerson

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MADAM PRESIDENT:

    The Senate Committee on Education and Career Development, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 84, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:

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    " (b) Nothing in this chapter requires a state educational institution to expend additional funds or to violate the terms of a subscription agreement applicable to a journal or other research tool.

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    (b) The legislative council is urged to provide information and annual training to members and staff of the general assembly concerning the availability and use of the more than ten thousand (10,000) research journals and other periodicals that are available at no cost to all citizens of Indiana through the Indiana state library's INSPIRE data bases.
    (c) The legislative council is urged to request the legislative services agency to conduct a survey of all members of the general assembly, the partisan staffs of the general assembly, and the employees of the legislative services agency to determine the following:
        (1) The extent to which the members and staff make regular

use of the INSPIRE data bases.
        (2) The specific journals and other research tools that are used to conduct legislative research.
        (3) The extent to which journals and research tools that are not available through the INSPIRE data bases would assist in completing legislative responsibilities.
        (4) The names of specific journals or other research tools identified under subsection (d) that a member or staff person would use if access were available without charge to the general assembly or staff.
    (d) The legislative services agency shall gather information from the Indiana state library, the Indiana supreme court law library, and each state educational institution concerning the names of journals and other electronic research tools available in and used by the state library, supreme court library, and state educational institutions. The legislative services agency shall cause the information gathered under this subsection to be available as a part of the survey conducted under subsection (c).
    (e) The legislative services agency shall report the results of the survey to the legislative council not later than July 1, 2010.
    (f) The legislative council is urged to request the legislative services agency, together with the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, to study the feasibility of and interest in establishing a research and policy development division within the legislative services agency. In conducting the study, the legislative services agency shall examine programs established in other states, including the cost of the programs, and use the information obtained to estimate the cost of establishing a research and policy development division in Indiana.
    (g) This SECTION expires July 1, 2011.

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    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to SB 84 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass .

Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0.

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