Sec. 2-24b. Racial and ethnic impact statement required for certain bills and amendments.
Sec. 2-24b. Racial and ethnic impact statement required for certain bills and
amendments. (a) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing
on January 7, 2009, a racial and ethnic impact statement shall be prepared with respect
to certain bills and amendments that could, if passed, increase or decrease the pretrial
or sentenced population of the correctional facilities in this state.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2009, the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly on judiciary shall make recommendations for a provision to be included in
the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate concerning the procedure
for the preparation of such racial and ethnic impact statements, the content of such
statements and the types of bills and amendments with respect to which such statements
should be prepared.
(P.A. 08-143, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 08-143 effective June 5, 2008.