This document provides information on resources for conducting federal and Florida legislative legal research.
For federal research, it recommends the Office of Law Revision Council for the official U.S. Code, Federal Digital System for statutes and congressional materials, and Thomas (Library of Congress) for bills, resolutions, congressional records back to the 93rd Congress.
For Florida research, it suggests Florida Online Sunshine for the Florida Constitution, statutes and general laws, as well as links to the state Senate and House. Additional resources include the State Library and Archives of Florida for laws from 1997 onward, and the Florida Senate website for bill information reports.
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2. Federal Legislative Legal Research Office of Law Revision Council (U.S. House of Representatives) http://uscode.house.gov/lawrevisioncounsel.shtml Contains official version of the U.S. Code Table of statutes effected by recent laws Popular name tables
3. Federal Legislative Legal Research Federal Digital System (FDSys) http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ U.S. Code from 1994- 2009 Public and Private Laws from 1995-2010 Congressional Bills from 103rd Congress Congressional Documents and Hearings from 99th Congress Congressional Records from 1994 Congressional Reports from 104th Congress
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7. Federal Legislative Legal Research Thomas (Library of Congress) http://thomas.loc.gov/ 93rd Congress to the present Contains Bills Resolutions Public & Private Law Congressional Record Presidential Nominations Treaties
10. Florida Legislative Legal Research Florida Online Sunshine http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=188251523&CFTOKEN=58245339 Contains Florida Constitution Statutes (1997- 2010) General Laws (2003- 2010) General Law section links to State Library and Archives of Florida Links to Florida Senate & House websites
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12. Florida Legislative Legal ResearchGovernment State Library and Archives of Florida http://laws.flrules.org/ General and special laws of Florida from 1997 to present Florida Senate http://archive.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bill%20Information%20Reports&Submenu=9&Tab=session Bill Information Reports
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State Archives = PDF files 99-222 (moved statute) 98-64 created statute H 3327