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Manuals, Handbooks, Guides

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Legislative Aids and Manuals
How To Research Constitutional, Legislative, And Statutory History In Hawai`i (Third Edition, July 2001) by Richard F. Kahle, Jr. PDF (755kB)
Drafting Bills for Legislation (includes pdf versions of a Powerpoint presentation) Beginning Workshop - Powerpoint Presentation (pdf, 700kB) Beginning Workshop - Suggested Guide (pdf, 83kB) Advanced Workshop - Powerpoint Presentation (pdf, 3MB) Beginning and Advanced Workshops - 2010 Sections Affected (pdf, 45kB) Hawai`i Legislative Drafting Manual (Ninth Edition) - furnishes general guidelines for agencies and individuals who prepare measures for introduction in the Hawai`i Legislature. PDF (320kB). Table of Contents - addendum to electronic version listing pagination differences with printed copy. (PDF 20kB).
Hawai`i Legislators' Handbook - Bureau Report, 1997; describes legislative powers, sessions, membership, organization, enactment of laws, voting, and parliamentary procedure. PDF (4.4MB).
Listing of Opinions Issued by the Attorney General since 01/85 PDF (380kB). * 2008 opinions also available as a separate file. PDF (32kB).
How A Bill Becomes Law In Hawai`i - PDF (180kB), HTML.
Hawaii Administrative Rules Drafting Manual - to serve as a basic document used by administrative agencies in converting their rules to the universal format for state agency rules mandated by the Legislature. Second Edition, June 1984. PDF (18.5MB - LRB extends its thanks to DBEDT for the original scan and pdf).
LRB Notes - to provide basic background information relating to state government in areas that may include difficult, complex constitutional, legal and legislative concepts.
Glossary of Legislative Terms - HTML.
LRB Publications, An Annotated Bibliography. 1963 - 1989. - PDF, 1.7 MB.
General Guides and Directories
Guide to Government in Hawai`i (Thirteenth Edition) - Bureau Report, 2007; discusses state and county departments and their organization and the agencies of the federal government having offices in Hawai`i. PDF (2.2MB)
Directory of State, County and Federal Officials in Hawai`i - supplement to Guide To Government in Hawai`i.
Using Hawai`i's Freedom of Information Law - by Professor Beverly Ann Deepe Keever; a general introduction for the public interested in knowing how to access state or city /county records. PDF (13MB).
A Legislator's Guide to the LRB - describes who we are, what we do, where to find us, and how we can help. HTML.
Pamphlets
A Brief History of the Hawai`i Legislative Reference Bureau - by Susan Jaworowski. Pamphlet. PDF (540kB)

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