community law-making, a system based on recombinant text
From:
James Gilmour
Date:
2007 Aug 13 18:31 UTC
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Aldon Hynes Sent: 13 August 2007 13:52
> Do you know your State Rep?
Yes. All eight of them!! (The joys of MMP!!!)
> (If you live outside of the
> United States, please help me out and give me a little
> details about how state government works in your country.)
Scotland has a devolved Parliament
(see http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/home.htm)
and a devolved Government, officially entitled the Scottish Executive
(see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home).
> Does your state have a site where you can track legislation
> as it moves through the assembly? Can you tell me the state,
> the URL,
This is Section J of the Business Bulletin that is published daily when the
Parliament is in session (in recess at
present).
For examples, see:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/businessBulletin/index.htm
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/businessBulletin/bb-07/bb-08-13.htm
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/businessBulletin/bb-07/bb-08-13j.htm
> if you use the site, how easy you think it is to
> use, what means there are of subscribing?
It's OK. No subscription necessary.
The UK Parliament (Westminster) has an alerting system for new legislation and
amendments to which you can subscribe.
> Also of
> importance, is how easy is it to access the state budget.
I haven't given much attention to the budget, but I have been involved with
legislation and debate on electoral matters
(as a Google will reveal).