Shopping for the cheapest legislation
Compared to other states, passing a bill in the Louisiana Legislature is relatively cheap.
A 2003 study of the National Conference of State Legislatures found that the national average cost to pass a piece of state legislation -- anything from a bill to a resolution -- was $19,973. The study included staff time
Louisiana ranked ninth lowest in bill-passing cost at $10,393.
California was the most expensive, at $87,832 per bill. Hawaii was the cheapest, at $6,522 per bill.
By its own admission, the study isn't scientific. Although researchers tried to include a lot of the variables -- length and complexity of the bill, drafting time, amendments, analyses, committee referrals, apportionment of legislator and staff time and wages -- it's an extremely rough estimate of bill costs.
-- Dan Turner
A 2003 study of the National Conference of State Legislatures found that the national average cost to pass a piece of state legislation -- anything from a bill to a resolution -- was $19,973. The study included staff time
Louisiana ranked ninth lowest in bill-passing cost at $10,393.
California was the most expensive, at $87,832 per bill. Hawaii was the cheapest, at $6,522 per bill.
By its own admission, the study isn't scientific. Although researchers tried to include a lot of the variables -- length and complexity of the bill, drafting time, amendments, analyses, committee referrals, apportionment of legislator and staff time and wages -- it's an extremely rough estimate of bill costs.
-- Dan Turner
posted by The Times at 8:05 AM
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