More Than 2,000 Bills Filed For 2007 Legislative Session
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- More than 2,000 bills have been filed for the upcoming session of the Oklahoma Legislature, including many measures that sponsors admit don't have a chance of getting passed.<br/><br/>OfficialsSunday, January 21st 2007, 5:58 am
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- More than 2,000 bills have been filed for the upcoming session of the Oklahoma Legislature, including many measures that sponsors admit don't have a chance of getting passed.
Officials say it's all part of the democratic process, even if it means a lot of unnecessary paperwork.
Legislative officials estimate the cost of paper alone used by the House and Senate in 2006 approached $40,000.
The number of bills and resolutions filed before last Thursday's deadline for introducing legislation totaled about 1,250 in the House and 1,120 in the Senate.
Those totals were down from 2006, when lawmakers also dealt with hundreds of carry-over bills.
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