AB 221

This bill reduces the number of Blue Books that the Department of

Administration is required to distribute. First, the bill eliminates the requirement

that Blue Books be distributed to entities such as constitutional officers, legislative

service agencies, state agencies, libraries, and educational institutions. Second, the

bill requires the Legislative Reference Bureau, before entering into a contract to

print the Blue Book, to ask each legislative office how many, if any, copies the office

would like. The bill sets a cap at 350 Blue Books for an assembly office and 600 Blue

Books for a senate office, which is the number each such office receives under current

law. The bill also requires the LRB to inform each office that the Blue Book is

available online when asking how many printed copies the office wants.

The bill also eliminates the requirement that the Department of

Transportation automatically provide legislative members and officers and the LRB

highway service maps and folded highway maps. Under the bill, members of the

legislature may request and receive up to 50 highway service maps and up to 500

folded highway maps at no charge.