PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Part 11: Primary Legal Sources- State Legislative (Statute) Law

STATUTE LAW SOURCES

State Statutes First published in session law in the order that they were passed Next, put in subject format in the state codes

Web Sites Containing All State Statutes Constitutions, statutes and codes Legal Information Institute (LII): http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html Topical Index: State Statutes: http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/state_statutes Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories: Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/states.php

Oklahoma State Statutes Oklahoma Session Laws Oklahoma Statutes (published by West) Oklahoma Statutes Annotated

Oklahoma Session Laws All laws passed by the Oklahoma Legislature are arranged in the order that they passed.

Oklahoma Session Laws Online http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/index.asp?ftdb=stoklg Contains the laws from 1998 through the current 2010 session.

Oklahoma Statutes Published by West Pub Co Published every 10 years Updated by annual supplements The law is divided into 85 subject titles Title 70 is called schools

Oklahoma Statutes Online http://www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx Last updated in Feb 2011. Each title is a separate rtf document (Opens as a word document)

There are three print state statutes sources for Texas: General and Special Laws of Texas  West's Texas Statutes and Codes (series of books on specific codes published by West) Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated

Texas State Statutes Online Legislative Library of Texas--Direct Search Covers session laws from 12 legislature (1870) to the 82nd legislature (2011). Work in progress. Complete information is not available for all bills and all sessions. Texas Constitution and Statutes The statutes available on this website are current through the 1st Called Session of the 82nd Legislature, July 2011. The Texas Constitution is current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2011.

Checking the Status of a Bill-Federal Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/ You can search for a bill by word or phrase, or by bill number, bill status (where the bill is in the legislative process). You can also search for a bill by the sponsor of the bill, the date that the bill was introduced into Congress, and the type of bill (public or private). You may search back to the 93rd congress (1973) to the present.

Checking the Status of a Bill--Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau Bill Tracking Reports Website You can search by Bill number, the the author of the bill, bill status (where the bill is in the legislative process). You can also search for a bill by subject, citation, author, and by the committee that the bill was assigned to.

Checking the Status of a Bill-- Texas Texas Legislature Online You can search in the text of a bill, search by bill number, author, coauthor, sponsor, what committee that the bill has been assigned to,

Official vs unoffical code Official is when the state publishes the code, or arranges for a commercial publisher to publish the code When a commercial publisher publishes the code without government authorization, it is called the unofficial code. Annotated codes contains the code and research references Unannotated codes contains only the code

Comparing State Statutes NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources Book of the States this annual volume is published by the Council of State Governments, and contains analysis and comparisions of state governments in many areas, such as administration, finance, legislatures, judicial, state policies and much more. It is located in the reference area R 353.9 B64B National Survey of State Laws (2003) (R 342.04273 N21L) Comparing State Laws and Constitutions State Government and Polices

That’s the end of part 11!!!!! You are getting smarter by the minute!!!