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The Chief Clerk and his staff engage in a wide variety of tasks, from publishing the Assembly's official documents to amending and engrossing all legislation considered by the House. The base of operations for the Chief Clerk and his staff is the Assembly Chamber. A long desk spans the width of the Chamber and serves as the permanent workstation for a dozen clerks, who process the thousands of bills and publish thousands of pages of information for the public record. Information compiled by this staff is made available to potentially millions of computer users via the Internet system. The "Office of the Chief Clerk" is a suite located on the third floor of the Capitol Annex, adjacent to the Assembly Chamber. Several assistants work in this office as well, including the Floor Analysis Unit, the Amending Clerks, the Resolution Clerk and others, all of whom play important roles in the processing of legislative information. The Engrossing and Enrolling Office is stationed in the basement of the Capitol, and is the processing center for all Assembly bills introduced in the Assembly and amended in both Houses. A team of eight proofreaders and two administrative staffers proofread every word and punctuation mark to ensure that they match the official language adopted by the House, as well as conforming to specific grammar and style guidelines. When legislation has passed both Houses, the Engrossing and Enrolling Office prepares and delivers the bills to the Governor for consideration. Resolutions are filed directly with the Secretary of State.
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