GAITS Pro User Manual
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1. 8 LEGISCAN GAITS Professional User Manual Revision 20131104 Suggestions and Support LegiScan has a long history of being driven by the suggestions and needs of our users Your feedback is appreciated and most welcome to help increase the value and utility of the system for the public service we offer Please email your comments to support legiscan com Technical support is also available from this email address You can also find out more information and details by visiting our website at legiscan com Please bear in mind that LegiScan is an impartial and non partisan legislative data tracking service We can assist with issues with the website and general legislative process and inquiries but we do not offer legal opinion or impact analysis of individual legislation LegiScan LLC 1002 Lee Street East 11565 Charleston WV 25339 Phone 800 618 2750 Sales sales legiscan com Support support legiscan com Table of Contents NULO NON stos 4 Documenta ton Structure sata css 4 A nn e e o A 4 ie A A A A aia honientoetenneeen 4 Cetina rE a EA 4 Ton ent Mana Emen serren aE dai 5 A a E e SEP On A 6 ISSUE Mana ce Metu 6 E A A A 7 Monttorne Dll sara o resta 9 Un o e E 10 MY BIS dos 12 Mint NEO E Pies codi aorta 12 SUL Det Pas titiritero ote 14 BILDetal Ai NS anun ie rito da 15 o o I A 15 VOLO no 16 PROC o e o CE E cone uhvanaetuclcroosuniatnenceierootenerniacs 16 PRES A CI E RE o E A E 17 AM A EP e 17 A e e2. Pri Stance State os h Summary Title Date Action To make minor and technical changes to Department of Consumer Protection statutes to reduce unnecessary paperwork increase the efficiency of A x CT HE05054 2012 02 14 To Joint General Law Committee agency processes comply with federal law conform to customary practices and remove or update antiquated pr Read more Appropriations zero budget general 6 y MI HB5382 government provide for fiscal year 2012 2012 02 14 To House Appropriations Committee 2013 Creates appropriation act a Relating to wineries sited in exclusive farm To House Agriculture and Natural 1 OR HB4121 2012 02 14 use zones declaring an emergency Resources Committee A Senate Resolution memorializing Galen 2 vi IN SCROO04 2012 02 15 Returned to the Senate Goode This presents you with a high level overview of the bills on your monitoring list by default sorted by date so the most recent actions are presented first However the results can be sorted by many of the columns available The Alert column is indicative of bills that have been set to highlight The Pri column shows the recorded priority The Stance column is an iconic representation of the stance The State column lists the state the bill resides in The Bill Number column is the actual bill number The Summary Title provides the description of the bill scope The Date column is the date of last action Finally the Action column is the actual last
3. View Yes htto e Lobbyist com gaits feed 151386b0be44d92dclf0dfo4ee2ac4c4 rss Delete Tort Search WV View Yes htto e Lobbyist com gaits feed 9826e80b162de0663dce5c97ebe5bfabb rss Delete It should be noted that search result feeds behave differently than other feeds in the system If the search results are too broad then some bills deeper in the result set may not have the opportunity to filter close enough to the top in order to appear in the feed This can be remedied by making more precise search queries or limiting searches to separate states My Reports Outside of monitoring bills reporting is at the heart of GAITS in order to disseminate and share information whether it is internal to your organization or externally with clients or other concerned parties To access the reporting system use the My Reports link in the navigation menu Each individual bill number in the report is also a link to the primary bill detail page at LegiScan so anyone viewing the report can instantly view the most current information and if logged in as a valid user immediately modify or amend tracking information eLobbyist Reporting Client Reporting Issue Reporting Pending Committee Reporting Sponsor Reporting State Reporting Custom Special Reporting Topic Client Reporting Basic reporting based on current individual Topics Clients Issue Reporting For dual layer Issue reporting offering similar functionality to first level Client classifica
4. be consolidated with the next statewide general election to take effect immediately as an act calling an election An act to amend Sections 115111 115112 and 115113 of the Health and Safety Code relating to public health State Report Report for a complete state by state overview of monitored bills eLobbyist State Report New York February 22 2012 Dennis H Gabryszak Donna A Lupardo William B Magnarelli Joan L Millman Joseph D Morelle Robin Schimminger Philip A Palmesano Audrey Pheffer Peter M Rivera Lou Tobacco Naomi Rivera Provides that drug utilization review and the preferred drug program shall not apply to certain drugs Eric A Stevenson Creates the qualified emerging technology commercialization tax credit eligible taxpayer shall receive a 2012 01 04 credit for 15 percent of qualified commercialization expenses referred to ways and means 2012 01 04 referred to health Establishes a kitchen incubator shared use kitchen facility program within the urban development corporation provides grant funding to local development corporations municipalities educational institutions and not for profit entities for the development or expansion of kitchen incubator shared use kitchen facilities which make available services such as food production technical assistance business management and marketing distribution storage and retailing assistance particularly in economically distressed areas 2012 01
5. reading Special Calendar 2012 02 10 Read 2nd time 2012 02 10 On 2nd reading Special Calendar 2012 02 09 Read ist time 2012 02 09 From House Calendar 1st reading placed on Special Calendar 2012 02 08 By substitute do pass 2012 01 12 To House Government Organization 2012 01 12 Introduced in House 2012 01 12 To Government Organization 2012 01 12 Filed for introduction Del Manypenny Votes Summary Sponsors Texts Votes Research Priori Comments 0 Vote Date Yea Nay NV Abs Effective fram passage Roll No 42 2012 02 13 97 D 3 D Fassed House Roll No 41 2012 02 13 g7 D 3 o Roll Call Details Summary Sponsors Texts Research Priori Comments 0 Vote Passed House Roll No 41 Yea 97 Nay O NV 3 Absent 0 Result Passed Name Nay Not Voting Absent Del Anderson Andes Armstead USAS 5 De De Del Ashley De Azinger Research Summary Sponsors Texts Votes Priori Comments 0 subjects Boards and Commissions Health And Related Subheadings Online References Search Phrase Web News Financial West Virginia HB4012 Google Web Google News Delegate Dale Martin Ww Google Web Google News FollowTheMoney Delegate Jim Morgan Ww Google Web Google News N A Delegate Randy Swartzamiller W Google Web Google News FollowTheMoney Delegate Mike Manypenny Ww Soogle Web Soogle News FollowTheMoney Code Citations Chapter Article Section Citation Type Statute Text 16 1 7 Amende
6. 04 REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS Internal Client Report An internal overview report for each bill and which Topics Clients are associated Internal Client Report February 22 2012 Law enforcement officers death and disability benefits for municipal police officers state troopers and certain other state law enforcement officers Johnson R extended to all law enforcement officers definition of occupational disease to include cancer AIDS and hepatitis Secs 36 30 20 36 30 21 36 30 22 36 30 23 am d 2012 02 07 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund Millican Hill McCutcheon Love Gaston Ball Williams J Fincher McMillan Ison Barton Clouse Mask Sanderford Galliher Newton C Laird Boothe McClurkin Rich Collins Greer Williams D Lee Weaver Henry Long Nordgren Johnson K Patterson Johnson W Jones Tuggle Public assistance fraud in obtaining 2012 02 09 crime established penalties theft of Read for the first time and referred to the services knowledge requirement House of Representatives committee on deleted Sec 13A 8 10 am d ici State funds investment of expanding types of investments Read for the first time and referred to the eligible for state depositories Sec House of Representatives committee on 41 14 30 am d Financial Services Unassigned Bill Report A utility re
7. 1 Fl CLIENT 2 Fl CLIENT 3 Bulk Bill Import Bill Numbers Enter a list of bill numbers seperated by space tab comma newline Bills should be in the form relative to their state eg HB3920 556182 5F129 400392 SR39 etc Monitor Bills Select the state from the dropdown listing and then you can enter a single bill number or a bulk list In either case all operations on this form work only for the single selected state at a time If you have multiple states to import you must import each state group separately Additional you can immediately associate the imported bills with a Topic Client by selecting from the existing list Tracking Information On the Summary tab of each bill detail page from states that you are eligible to monitor is the Tracking Information form which is the primary method to interact with the bills on your monitoring list classifying recording priority stances highlights and adding private internal notes for reporting Tracking Information Associated Clients no assignments CLIENT 1 CLIENT 2 CLIENT 3 Associated Issues no assignments Highlight Yes Y No Stance Support Oppose Y No Stance Priority 10 g 6 F 6 lt 5 4 3 2 1 o Create new note for only specific clients Notes Private Goto Bill Number after update Monitor Bill The Associated sections allow you to assign bills to one or more Topics Clients or Issues and also indicated the number of each current
8. al free form information for Contact Name Email and Phone number that will appear on reports for this client If using dual layer tracking there will be an optional area to associate the Client with existing secondary level Issues The only required field is the Name eLobbyist Client Edit Client Name CLIENT 1 Name of the Client Abbreviation C11 Abbreviation of the Client for reporting shorthand Contact Name John Doe Contact name for this Client Email John Doe example com Email address to mail reports to for this Client Phone 955 555 1212 Contact phone number for this Client Associated Issues Fl Business Taxes Fl Economic Development Environment Health Care Fl Personnel Technology Save Client Cancel Topic Client Listing After adding Topics Clients and associating bills the listing will look similar to Client Name Monitoring RSS CLIENT 1 Monitoring 235 bills Client RSS Feed CLIENT 2 Monitoring 227 bills Client RSS Feed CLIENT 3 Monitoring 238 bills Client RES Feed CLIENT 4 Monitoring 0 bills Client RSS Feed Clicking the link in the first column will allow you to edit the details of that Topic Client The Monitoring column indicates the number of bills currently associated with each Topic Client and will provide a drilldown view into the common bill browser interface The RSS Feed is a unique private link for a RSS stream of the bills for each respective Topic Client that can be used to m
9. butors whose products are ee ed subject to one of these rules to file a compliance plan Authorizes manufacturers and distributors to apply for and the Director to grant waivers Re cil J from these rules Exempts certain classes of chemicals persons and containers Authorizes the Director to participate in an interstate jan AA i clearinghouse to promote chemical safety Authorizes the Director to request certificates of compliance from manufacturers and distributors Requires the Director to develop certain educational materials Creates the Advisory Council on Toxic Substances to provide expert and scientific advice to the Director Authorizes the Director to adopt rules necessary to implement these provisions Sponsor Report Report for an individual bill soonsor with a comparative indication of sponsorship versus the Stance on those bills eLobbyist Sponsor Report Bonnie Lowenthal California Support 0 0 Oppose 1 100 No Stance 2 February 22 2012 eine Summary Stats 2012 01 24 Relative to the Lunar New Year celebration Sonia To Com or RES 2012 02 01 Died pursuant to Art IV Sec 10 c of the Constitution From committee Filed with the Chief pursuant to Joint Rule 56 An act to amend Section 14302 of to add Section 6377 1 to to add Part 9 commencing with Section 15000 to Division 2 of AB218 jand to repeal Section 13301 of the Revenue and Taxation Code relating to taxation and calling a special election to
10. d Code Statute Text 30 16 4 Amended Code Statute Text 30 23 5 Amended Code Statute Text 30 26 3 Amended Code Statute Text 30 26 4 Amended Code Statute Text Email Alerts Alerts are designed to allow you to stay informed about changes to bills on your My Bills monitoring list or results from Saved Searches These settings are available using the My Alerts link accessible in the navigation menu You can select the frequency of the updates and what format you wish to receive in the email Setting Alert Frequency to Never will disable alerts entirely Daily Updates will report on changed bills each weekday morning Weekly Summary will schedule an email either on Monday or Friday morning that will summarize your entire My Bills list with current status information The Alert Notification Destination controls who receives the report currently the only option available is the Default Group Contact The Alert Format can either be a basic HTML document or an attached PDF report eLobbyist Alerts Alerts allows you to control if and when you receive email alerts for updates from bills on your monitoring list or saved searches Monitored Bill Alert Settings Alert Frequency Alerts disabled E Daily Updates Mon Fri Weekly Summary Monday Fi he a Weekly Summary Friday Note Alerts run at approximately 64M Eastern Time Alert Notification Destination 2 Default group contact Email address that will recieve notificatio
11. earch Yes No Alert Settings For Search Include search in alert notifications Yes 2 No NOTE The first alert will be the entire matching result set new change rules will take effect subsequently Generate alert when New bills appear cha nged bills are detected Both new and changed bills Control when a bill from search results will be included in alert Include only results with a relevance score higher than Alert tracks maximum of 200 bills or relevance cutoff per search whichever comes first Saved Searches The previously saved searches are available through the My Searches link in the navigation menu From here you can edit the search by clicking on the name in the Search column The search can be executed immediately via the View link in the View Results column The Alerts column indicates if this search is being monitored for email alerts And if a RSS Feed was created for the search it is also presented To remove the search from your list and invalidate any existing RSS simply select the Delete link eLobbyist Saved Searches Saved searches allow you to store commonly used search parameters to conveniently execute them against the national legislative database You may optionally create a private RSS feed for the search results Search View Results Alerts RSS Feed Delete Health Care Search National View No http e Lobbyist com galtsfeed Sfbab4a59c79f2f150445068d31322e5 155 Delete Tax Search WWW
12. egal 8 5x14 Generate Report Note Inclusion Specifies how notes should be handled in the report output either Excluded entirely only including the Most Recent note or All Available Report Template Indicates the report template to use defaulting to the normal tabular format or alternate structure that change the layout and included information Sorting Controls the sorting of output Standard orders bills by state then originating chamber and finally bill number Priority first sorts by priority in descending order then follows standard sorting Highlight ensures that highlighted bills appear first in reports then proceeds to sort by descending priority and then standard sorting Page Size Selectable output page size between standard letter and legal size paper In most of the reporting selections the system also includes the number of matching bills in the parenthetical beside each target option Report Examples Below are samples of possible reports available from the system All output is generated dynamically at report time to include the most recent information from the system Client Report The standard Topic Client report with notes included CLIENT 1 eLobbyist Client Report February 22 2012 i i i 2012 02 10 i i To utilize half of all state budget surpluses for income tax relief by increasing the i 2012 02 22 Needs review CT Referred to Joint Committee on Finance po or amount of income that i
13. ent on JA Senate Resolution memorializing Galen Goode his retirement SB0006 380223 2012 01 31 2012 02 09 First reading referred to Committee on Public Policy Fi ine nil toC x Public Healt Knives with automatic blades State department of health matters B0371 2012 02 13 Firs to iti y Afia nd lic Saf Emergency medical services matters Pending Committee Report Report for bills on monitoring list that are currently pending action in a particular state chamber committee Illinois House of Representatives Rules eLobbyist Committee Report February 22 2012 2011 04 15 Rule 19 a Amends the Burn Injury Reporting Act Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title Re referred to Rules Committee Creates the Toxic Chemical Safety Act Requires the Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to publish a list of chemicals of high concern Authorizes the Director to designate chemicals of high concern and other chemicals as priority chemicals Requires the Director to report certain information about the designation process to the General Assembly Requires each manufacturer and distributor of children s products that 2011 04 15 contain designated chemicals to provide certain information to the Director Authorizes the Director under certain circumstances to prohibit by rule the sale and distribution of children s products containing a priority chemical Requires manufacturers and distri
14. inance Ways amp HB1477 Bill Detail Means Committee Allows a county to use an additional county adjusted gross income tax rate or county option income tax rate to reduce all Es IN HB1088 99 property tax levies imposed by the county by granting property 2012 01 09 tax replacement credits against those property tax levies to all HB1088 Bill Detail To House Ways and Means Committee Saving Searches Available on each search result page is the option to Save Search which allows you to store the search parameters and optionally create a private RSS feed for the results The system selects a default Search Name though you are free to change this to any preferred freeform description Additionally there is an area to control Alert settings for each individual Saved Search if you select to include the search in email alerts you will also need to ensure that your search alert settings under the My Alerts menu option are also enabled You may choose Generate alert when a new bill appears in the search results an existing bill in the search results change or both To help control the alerts you may also specify a relevancy cutoff for how My Alerts manage search result tracking Only bills with the specified relevance score or higher up to a maximum of 200 bills per search will be tracked out of each search result set eLobbyist Save Search Search Name Description Health Care Search National Create a dynamic private RSS feed for s
15. ll 800 618 2750 Getting Started The first time you access your account the first task is usually to setup your categorization lists GAITS offers both single and dual layer classification Depending on your particular account options the terms Topics Clients and Issues are used These are merely generic labels for categories that you are in control of how they are interpreted used when tracking bills to associate for reporting purposes For single layer the concept of Topics can be used to create general issue areas specific clients internal departments geographic regions or any arbitrary set of labels you choose In dual layer the terms become Clients and Issues once again these are abstract lists that you control The difference here is that Issues are thought of more as lower level broad categories that can then be associated with labels in the upper Client level all of which can be used to group and associate bills on your monitoring list for management and later reporting Topic Client Management In order to add a Topic Client begin by navigating to the appropriate link in the navigation menu which will either be labeled My Topics or My Clients Enter the name in the textbox and click the Add button eLobbyist Client Management eLobbyist Client management allows you to manage clients so that monitored bills can be associated and grouped for reporting and management Quick Add Client Name Add Client You may then add option
16. ly assigned Priority is an optional relative measurement of the significance of the bill If Highlight is set to Yes then the bill will be color highlighted on reports The text area for Notes allows you to record freeform notes and internal annotations for the bill The Prior Notes section exists if there have been previous notes added to the bill and shows the historical record Optionally notes may be created for only specific clients instead of a general bill note This allows custom Topic Client information to be included on reports Monitor Bill Adds the current bill to your monitoring list with the information provided in the Tracking Information form When viewing a bill already on your monitoring list the submit options will change to the following Update Information Saves changes made to Tracking Information form Update amp Next Unassigned Saves changes and advances to the bill detail page of the next bill on your monitoring list that has not been assigned to any Topic Client or Issue areas Stop Monitoring Bill Removes the bill from the monitoring list Optionally you may specify a bill number in Goto Bill Number to immediately jump to that bill detail page after the save though this is restricted to bills from the same state as the current bill being edited My Bills List Upon login to the system or selecting the My Bills link in the navigation menu you will be presented with your monitored bills list y Alert
17. ns for monitored bills Alert Format HTML PDF Format of email alerts PDF files will be sent as attachments 7 Saved Search Alert Settings Alert Frequency Alerts disabled J Daily Updates Mon Fri Weekly Summary Monday weekly Summary Friday Mote Alerts run at 64M Eastern Time Alert Notification Destination Default group contact Email address that will recieve notifications for saved search alerts bills Alert Format HTML PDF Format of email alerts PDF files will be sent as attachments Full Text Search One of the most powerful features of GAITS is the full text search engine into the national legislative database Searches can be performed on an individual state or across all states for the current biennium session or on historical records While keyword searches on the highly variable bill data and text is not without issue a significant amount of effort has been put into the backend technology and available ways to construct searches to return highly relevant results In some cases it is a matter testing alternate parameters to obtain a high signal to noise ratio The details of options are beyond the scope of this document but more information can be found at https legiscan com fulltext search eLobbyist Search State All States A Select a state or national search Bill Number Find an exact bill number help Full Text Search Search bill text and data help Sessions Curren
18. o E A E E 19 EARE IES PORO EP RO E A e O OE II A T 19 SVE Ss ge O IPPO P0 0C oa o A e PE o ian ogentensssatmenetasecoenacae 20 Solo ie e go 1e A A E E AE este acto EEEE E EEE erat vas EE E PEENE EE EE E E 22 MY RODO to 22 CU FO FIC DOU E A E E 23 Report Options ana TUNINI oa oracle 24 REPO EKA O PP Eo A 26 CIENTE ROPOT da 26 Client Issue OVSVIewW REDON rss cita ados 26 o ae e o e o PEO 27 DOO NODO aiii 27 State NODO ara is 28 a PP e A e e ne diaeteeaensesarsereseseene 28 Unassienieca DILO sitas oli co TN 29 Introduction The Government Affairs Information Tracking System GAITS is a web based legislative information tracking and reporting service providing innovative data rich tools to government relations professionals and all branches of government Using the LegiScan API legislative engine users are afforded uniform data from multiple states with the ability to easily track and create dynamic reports on a wide array of legislative information LegiScan saves time and assimilates legislative data in a manner that enhances analysis and communications with agency staff clients members as well as consultants and government affairs professionals LegiScan is certain to simplify the task of creating and distributing legislative reports to those who matter most and remain aware of germane legislation and issues that affect you and your organization Documentation Structure While the legislative process can be complex and convolu
19. of that Issue The Clients column shows which clients are currently associated with each Issue area The Monitoring column indicates the number of bills currently associated with each Issue and will provide a drilldown view into the common bill browser interface The RSS Feed is a unique private link for an RSS stream for the bills for each respective Issue that can be used to monitor that group offline with RSS software such as Google Reader to be notified when the status of bill changes You may also choose to share this link with others so they can also stay updated without the need to have an account or accessing the full GAITS interface Monitoring Bills Regardless of whether or not you choose to create classification Topics Clients and Issues the true purpose of GAITS is to monitor legislation which requires you to add bills to your My Bills monitoring list There are a two basic ways to accomplish this using the Monitor Bill form or by accessing a specific bill detail page and using the Tracking Information form If you know the individual bill number of have an existing list of bill numbers that you want to monitor you can use the Monitor Bill link in the navigation menu Monitor Bill State Select State ml Bill Number Monitor Bill Associate with Clients ll or bills vill automatically associated with by selecting from the list below Optionally you may specify one or more clients that the imported b Pl CLIENT
20. onitor that group offline with RSS software such as Google Reader to be notified when the status of bill changes You may also choose to share this link with others so they can also stay updated without the need to have an account or accessing the full GAITS interface Issue Management Managing secondary level Issues is very similar to Topic Client management and can be accessed with the appropriate link in the navigation menu which will be labeled My Issues When editing an Issue there is an optional area to create an association with an existing Client level group eLobbyist Issue Edit Issue Name Business Taxes Name of the issue Issue Abbreviation Abbreviated name of the issue for reporting Associated Clients El CLIENT 1 CLIENT 2 CLIENT 3 E CLIENT 4 Edit Issue Cancel Issue Listing After adding Issues and associating bills the listing will look similar to Issue Name Clients Monitoring RSS CLIENT 2 E Business Taxes Monitoring 129 bills Issue RSS Feed CLIENT 3 CLIENT 2 Economic Development Monitoring 131 bills Issue RSS Feed CLIENT 3 CLIENT 1 Environment CLIENT 3 Monitoring 129 bills Issue ASS Feed CLIENT 4 CLIENT 1 a Health Care Monitoring 141 bills Issue RSS Feed CLIENT 3 CLIENT 2 ea Personnel Monitoring 130 bills Issue RSS Feed CLIENT 3 CLIENT 1 ae i Technology Monitoring 136 bills Issue RSS Feed CLIENT 3 Clicking the name in the first column will allow you to edit the details
21. port to show bills that are on the monitoring list but have not been assigned to any Client Topic or Issues and the individual user responsible for adding the bill to the monitoring list initially eLobbyist Unassigned Bill Report February 22 2012 Bill State Responsible Summary Status multidemo 2012 02 22 Parris Patrick Dewayne death mourned Myers Senator Harry E Hap Jr commended ed to th Lois of Representatives committee on Rules
22. recorded action on the bill Insights Bill Browser The Insight browser is the common bill browser interface similar to the My Bills list that aides in identifying relative legislation that may require additional attention and investigation because of relation to other bills being monitored and associated bill information This interface adds an Insight column to the results to show the disposition of each individual bill The system provides numerous drilldown paths to allow more detailed research as indicated by most any red color link Examples include pending committee cross reference subjects sponsors code citations and search results The key legend to the various icons encountered in the system is as follows Y Indicates a bill on your monitoring list that has a supported stance x Indicates a bill on your monitoring list that has an opposition stance D Indicates a bill on your monitoring list that has no stance Es Indicates a bill that is not being monitored but may be relevant based on the current drilldown view AN Indicates that the bill has been highlighted Available in most cross reference and drilldown views that links to a private RSS feed for the current view Bill Detail Pages To make the process more streamlined GAITS uses the same format and presentation for all legislative data across America instead of having to deal with 50 separate interfaces Legislative Detail WV House Bill 4012 2012 Regular Session West Vi
23. rginia HB4012 Ej Recommend 7 0 in Share Tweet 0 WV Legislature Page for HB4012E Resync Bill 2012 02 21 03 35 PermaLink Sponsors Texts Votes Research Priori Comments 0 Each bill detail page contains a common header and set of tabs for exploring deeper detailed information You can utilize the social media functions to share the bill with associates and others in your social circle Also included for each bill is a link back to the original state legislative page for the bill as a fallback feature and extraneous data Under certain conditions users will be able to force a Resync Bill to ensure the information is as current as possible A PermaLink is also available to be able to link to the bill directly as current session bills use a shorthand URL notion to access Summary The principle summary page listing current bill text status title and description sponsors full history Same as similar to bills subject index and code citation references are also listed for states where these features are supported Sponsors Listing each sponsor of the bill and a drilldown link to view all other bills soonsored by each individual Texts Listing of all the drafts and versions of the bill text which can be read or downloaded some bills are only available in formats that will require additional software such as PDF and Word Doc files Votes Listing and summary of any roll call vote information for the bill on file and a detail vie
24. s exempt from income taxation Revenue and Bonding by legal Requires county animal control officers to establish a process for permitting and 2012 01 25 ore e the premises of dog breeders Establishes fees for permits and penalties for S Referred to PGM JDL WAM certain circumstances to create a siting panel to provide authority and responsibilities Po _ of the panel to provide for an application for a siting certificate to provide duties of an naga a 23 OTSA IAMA applicant upon submittal of an application and to provide duties of the Public Utilities Commission upon receipt of an application opinion o 2 Adds to existing law relating to energy facility siting to require a siting certificate in iL Amends the Burn Injury Reporting Act Makes a technical change in a Section 2011 04 15 no concerning the shon title Rule 19 a Re referred to Rules Committee Removes a provision that makes it a Class B misdemeanor for a person to manufacture 2012 01 31 possess display offer sell lend give away or purchase certain knives with blades that First reading referred to Committee on Public opens automatically Policy Client Issue Overview Report An alternate view in dual layer tracking that summarizes each issue for a Client in each state Indiana Issue Overview Report CLIENT 1 February 22 2012 ll Environment Heatth Care Technology State department of health matters Honoring Dr Ed Eiler Lafayette school superintend
25. t 2012 Prior 2011 Recent 2012 2011 A All Search Reset Select the State you wish to search or select All State for a national search Then enter either a Bill Number or a query string in the Full Text Search area it is not advisable to enter information in both fields since it is less likely to return a quality result Optionally select which Sessions group you want to search then click Search Please note when searching Current year most state legislatures run in biennium which means the legislative session spans two years and results may contain results from the previous calendar year In most cases these bills are still valid and may continue to progress through the legislative process Search Results The output of search results is very similar to the standard bill browser interface with the addition of the Relevance column which is a measure of how relative the bill is to each individual search parameters Results also include the Insight indicator to quickly identify monitored bills and stances and those bills that are not being monitored Save Search os Bill Relevance i A Insight State Summary Title Date Action Mn er E E E Taken Off Notice For As introduced enacts the Tax Increment Financing Act of 2011 Tal in s e Fi E al in s c Finance a Amends TCA Title 7 Chapter 53 Title 9 Title 13 Chapter 20 3 TH HB1477 100 a ee ee 2011 05 04 Subcommittee of and Chapter 987 of the Public Acts of 1998 F
26. ted GAITS attempts to greatly simplify workflow and management To that end we have created an abstract system that allows you to utilize the system in a manner more consistent with existing practices instead of forcing you into a static model There are various configurations and options that are documented in this manual some of which may not apply to your individual account setup However the workflow is the same across all accounts and this guide will explain the system and how to accomplish specific tasks Dynamic Evolution Please keep in mind that GAITS is a constantly evolving system and as such there may be minor alterations and differences to the information provided in this guide and the information provided in the live system However the fundamental process will remain the same and when there is a significant change in process or features this document will be updated LegiScan API The LegiScan API is the soul of the LegiScan services with over 10 years of development this is what provides the normalized legislative data in real time for the GAITS front end interface The API is now available on a subscription model and is currently in already in use by other legislative monitoring companies to drive their own service offerings to clients Providing either a push or pull model an interface into the national full text search engine full bill details amp texts and more For more information please contact us at sales legiscan com or ca
27. tion but based on currently defined Issue areas Pending Committee Reporting Useful for tracking bills that are currently pending or stalled in a particular committee Sponsor Reporting Reporting on individual sponsors with an additional reference comparing your Stance on each bill compared to what bills the member has sponsored State Reporting Broad overview reporting for entire states or groups of states Custom Special Reporting By default these are reports that do not fit into other categories such as internal reports and unassigned bills Also included here will be any special one off reports requested for your individual account Custom Reports While the reporting options satisfy most user requirements LegiScan recognizes that there may be existing prerequisites or special needs To that end we do offer a la cart custom report creation to discuss the options available and pricing please contact support legiscan com or call 800 618 2750 Report Options and Tuning There are various options to help tune the details of the PDF report output for the core reports eLobbyist Reporting Client Reporting Client CLIENT 1 235 bills CLIENT 2 227 bills CLIENT 3 238 bills Report Options and Tuning Note inclusion Exclude notes Py Most recent note All available notes Report Template Normal Issue Overview Sorting Standard Priority Highlight Page Size Letter 8 5x11 gt L
28. w of individual vote records for each member Research A utility page automating various Google Web News searches for different aspects of the bill and where applicable Priori Lists all incarnations of this particular bill number across current and prior sessions on record to easily find historical details for a piece of legislation Comments A section for public commentary on the bill where you can make your opinion and voice heard Bill Detail Samples Summary Sponsors Texts Votes Research Priori Comments 0 Status View latest bill text Comm Sub HTML Pending Senate Government Organization Committee February 14 2012 To Government Organization summary Removing the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health from certain boards gt Tracking Information Title Removing the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health from certain boards Sponsors Del Martin Del Morgan Del Swartzmiller subjects Boards and Commissions Health And Related Subheadings Roll Calls 2012 02 13 Effective from passage Roll No 42 Y 97 M O NV 3 PASS 2012 02 13 Passed House Roll No 41 Y 97 N O NV 3 PASS History 2012 02 14 To Government Organization 2012 02 14 Introduced in Senate 2012 02 14 House Message received 2012 02 13 Communicated to Senate 2012 02 13 Effective from passage Roll No 42 2012 02 13 Passed House Roll No 41 2012 02 13 Read 3rd time 2012 02 13 On 3rd
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