Marty Garrity - Assistant Director for Legal Services

The Legal Services Division of the Bureau of Legislative Research consists of three (3) sections.

• The Legal Research and Drafting Section, which includes drafting attorneys, who prepare drafts of potential legislation and conduct related legal research, and administrative assistants to the attorneys, who assist the drafting attorneys in the performance of their duties.
• The Statutory Review Section, which includes editorial attorneys, non-attorney editors, administrative assistants, and temporary proofers, who jointly edit and proof drafts of potential legislation and prepare acts for publication in the Arkansas Code Annotated.
• The Administrative Rules Review Section, which is responsible for reviewing state agency rules for legal sufficiency and compliance with legislative intent, for attending public hearings on rules to stay apprised of controversial and problematic issues that arise during the rulemaking process and to work with state agency personnel during the review process.