Bill Text: IN SB0084 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: General Assembly access to research resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-25 - Section 2 effective 03/12/2010 [SB0084 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0084-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 21-28; noncode.
Synopsis: General Assembly access to research resources. Requires
state educational institutions to make research tools used by state
educational institutions available to legislators and staff of the
legislative services agency. Provides that a state educational institution
is not required to expend additional funds or violate the terms of a
subscription agreement to provide the research tools. Urges the
legislative council to: (1) provide information and training concerning
INSPIRE to legislators and staff; (2) request the legislative services
agency to conduct a survey of legislators and staff regarding research
tools; and (3) request the legislative services agency to study the
feasibility of establishing a division of research and policy
development within the agency.
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
January 28, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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Chapter 6. Information for Members of the General Assembly
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "research tool" includes:
(1) online research services;
(2) online and hard copy subscriptions to publications; and
(3) any other source of information used for research available to an educational institution.
Sec. 2. A state educational institution must provide access to all research tools available to the educational institution to each member of the general assembly and staff of the legislative services agency, at no cost, upon the request of a member of the general assembly or staff of the legislative services agency.
Sec. 3. A request made by a member of the general assembly or staff of the legislative services agency under section 2 of this chapter must be for the purpose of obtaining information related
to carrying out the official duties of the member of the general
assembly.
Sec. 4. (a) Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, a state
educational institution may deny a member of the general assembly
or staff of the legislative services agency access to a research tool
if the research tool was purchased through a grant or other source
that limits access to use of the research tool in a way that would
make granting access to the research tool a violation of the grant
or agreement covering the payment for the research tool.
(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.
(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.
