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Our experience in providing legislative history since 1974 has led to the development of certain policies that govern our service. These policies are the terms and conditions of our relationship with you. We enunciate them here so that you are aware of the basis upon which this research is provided to you.

Scope and Analysis

Any analysis provided to you is based upon the circumstances of your case as you have briefly related them to us, as well as a review of the enclosed documents. As such, it is only tentative in nature and should not be considered a legal opinion. A more conclusive statement of the impact of the legislative history in your case would be dependent upon a complete understanding of all of the factual issues involved and the applicable legal principles. You may wish to involve an expert witness who has extensive experience in presenting legislative documents to the courts in this role.

Availability of this Research to All Clients

It is our policy to furnish materials and research to any and all clients who request them. Our services are not available on an exclusive basis. This policy exists because we are neutral and objective providers of legislative research. Due to this, the Courts of California have regularly cited our Service. (See List of Cases Citing Legislative Intent Service)

Confidentiality

Neither Legislative Intent Service nor its attorneys are undertaking to represent you as an attorney as a result of providing this research to you. We are researching documents and the history of public acts and are not practicing law. We are working under the attorney work product protections of the Code of Civil Procedure as your agent. It is our policy to strictly preserve and maintain the confidentiality of the identity of those attorneys who request our services, and the theories, arguments and facts regarding their case that may be divulged to us.

Completeness of the Research Provided

We cannot represent that every document ever drafted with regard to the enactment researched has been provided. There is no uniform system for retaining legislative materials; in fact, there are as many potential sources for documentation as there are individuals involved with the measure. Furthermore, there is no legal duty on behalf of many of these participants in the process to make public the documents generated.

Consequently, while we represent that we are providing the most complete and thorough research product commercially available on legislative history, and in the vast majority of cases can and will provide every reasonably relevant document, there are occasions where particular documents are not provided either because they are unavailable or because we are unaware of their existence or applicability to the legislation. A particular example are the Assembly and Senate Journals. The legislative indices for the Journals are not produced for two to three years subsequent to the legislative session; on line Journals are only date searchable. Therefore, we cannot be held responsible for failing to locate substantive comments on recent legislation except where a specific request is made for a page by page search (at additional cost).

Expert Witness Availability

You may wish to separately retain Mr. Bill Keller, one of our Directors, in order to utilize his skills as a consultant or expert witness. Mr. Keller has extensive experience in analyzing and presenting legislative documents to the courts. (Please see information in binder pocket.) If you do desire to utilize Mr. Keller in this capacity, a specific agreement directly with him will be necessary. The fee for this service will be quoted upon request. He may be reached at the telephone number or web site indicated in our enclosed letter of analysis.