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Drafting Legislation

Wed, 30 Dec 2015 08:59:48 CST
With the new year comes new legislation. State Representative Avery Bourne's office has been going through the legislative drafting process. Bourne says the process takes all the ideas from constituents and the advisory boards and turns them into bills.

“One of the ideas came from our Veteran's Advisory Board. Veterans only need half of the training to get their concealed carry, however, it costs the full amount. So, to create some parity, if they only need half of the training, it makes sense that our veterans would only need to pay half as much. So that's one (idea) that came out of our Veteran's Advisory Board. We've had others that have come from Village Board meetings, where they've said, 'Hey, we want to look into organizing our police differently and that would require a change in statute.' So some of them are little fixes that will hopefully help people individually or small communities.”

Bourne says anyone with legislative ideas that could be included in the drafting process can stop by her office at 301 North Monroe in Litchfield, email bourne@ilhousegop.org or call (217) 324-5200.

Thomack 12/30/15