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1995 SESSION

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 482
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Rules
on February 2, 1995)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Newman)
Requesting the Department of Information Technology and the Division of Legislative Automated Systems, within their existing resources, to develop a prototype for providing access to the Legislative Information System through the Internet.

WHEREAS, the Legislative Information System is a single source for timely and complete materials about the ongoing work of the General Assembly and its standing committees during each legislative session; and

WHEREAS, such information includes (i) the complete text of bills and resolutions as introduced, engrossed, and enrolled; (ii) the actions of the General Assembly and its standing committees on legislative initiatives during the course of the session; and (iii) information of general interest about the General Assembly and its membership and organization; and

WHEREAS, in addition to information related to the General Assembly and its ongoing work during each legislative session, the Virginia Constitution and the Code of Virginia, including annotations and historical citations, and current agency regulations as published in the Virginia Register are also searchable data bases in the Legislative Information System; and

WHEREAS, the Internet is a high-speed, international information super highway, to which millions of people are connected; and

WHEREAS, the information available through the Legislative Information System would be of great benefit and interest to the users of the Internet; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the Department of Information Technology and the Division of Legislative Automated Systems, within their existing resources, are requested to develop a prototype for providing access to the Legislative Information System through the Internet.

The Division of Legislative Automated Systems and the Council on Information Management shall provide strategic support to the Department. All other agencies and entities of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Department upon request.

The Department of Information Technology and the Division of Legislative Automated Systems shall report their progress in developing the prototype system to the Governor and the 1996 Session of the General Assembly as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents.