State Documents
• "Summary of Hearing, Chicago, Illinois, December 10-11, 1975" by the Illinois
House of Representatives Democratic staff
to the House Executive Subcommittee on
Future Legislative Organizational and
Management Needs, 193 pp.
Witness testimony regarding the legislature's committee system and commissions is
given,
•"Annual Report," Illinois Data Information Systems Commission, to the Governor and General Assembly (1975), 85 pp.
Various approaches to coordinate the
state's electronic data processing are presented.
• "Developing Local Government Action Programs for Rural Development," by N.G.P. Krausz. Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station. University of Illinois (April 1975), 52 pp.
A 1971 purvey of 336 local government
officials indicates that county boards, soil
and water conservation districts, planning
commissions, park and school districts, and
extension offices are most active in community development planning.
• "The Illinois Economy: A Microcosm of the United States?", by Robert N. Schoepiein with Hugh T. Connelly (Urbana: Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 1975), 41 pp. Single copies available free of charge from the Institute, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana 61801.
Parallels between the state and national
economies with respect to labor force
occupations, gross product composition and
manufacturing sector output are outlined.
• "Program Evaluation in Illinois State Government; A Survey Report," by Eugene R. Kersey. Public Affairs Papers No. 4, Public Sector Program Evaluation Center, Sangamon State University, Springfield (May 1975). 52 pp.. $3.
Opinions from 104 administrators and
staff members in 34 state agencies about the
status of program evaluation are presented.
• "How to Watch a Court." by Michael N. Borish and Barbara Fenoglio, League of Women Voters of Illinois, Illinois Court Watching Project (November 1974), 57 pp.
The history, structure and personnel are
presented. Misdemeanors are given extensive treatment. The Standards of Judicial
Conduct and a glossary of legal terms are
included.
•"Annual Report," Illinois Energy Resources Commission, to the General Assembly (March 1976), 112 pp.
Includes guidelines for commission review and evaluation of Coal Bond Development Act projects. Also summarizes approved and proposed coal development projects.
Other.
• "Marital Dissolution and the Adoption
of No-Fault Legislation," by Walter D.
Johnson, Illinois Legislative Studies Center,
Sangamon State University, Springfield
(July 1975), 219 pp., $3.
An examination of the development and
present status of divorce laws with proposed
changes.
• "Public Employee Pension Funds/ Impact on State and Local Credits," issued by John Nuveen & Co., Inc., Chicago, 1976, 21 pp.
Intended primarily for the guidance of bond analysts engaged in credit rating of state and local governments. This analysis also provides yardsticks useful to public employees in rating the soundness of their pension systems. Includes data on Illinois and selected states, Chicago and selected cities.
Items listed under State Documents have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through interlibrary loan. Requests for copies should be sent to the issuing agency.
State agencies are encouraged to send
significant studies to the Institute of
Government and Public Affairs for inclusion in the bibliography. Address items to
the Institute, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana,
111, 61801.
December 1976 / Illinois Issues /17