Do the proposed statutory amendments in the Study go beyond a “recodification” of the domestic abuse laws?
Possibly, if one relies upon a narrow sense of the term “recodification”. (A review of four standard dictionaries and one law dictionary failed to discover any actual definition of the term “recodification”.) However, given the volume of bills regularly introduced each legislative session to address problems relating to domestic violence and abuse laws or to strengthen their protections (over 100 such bills were introduced during the 1999 regular session alone), the Bureau believes it would be remiss in its duty to the Legislature if it submitted only a nonsubstantive rearrangement of statutory sections. Furthermore, discussions with legislative staff members indicated that a number of substantive bills relating to domestic abuse issues were held in committee to await the outcome of the Bureaus Study. Such action hardly indicates that the Legislature expects a study merely recommending a nonsubstantive rearrangement of statutory sections. In addition, the Resolution, taken in its entir
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