§ 29-2-81 — Composition of Committee; Joint Chairs; Vice Chairs; Subcommittees; Compensation of Members of Subcommittees

The committee shall be composed of the Lieutenant Governor, the members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education, the members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund, and such other members of the Senate to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The committee shall further be composed of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the House Committee on Ways and Means Education, the members of the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund, and such other members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House. The Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Taxation and the Chairs of the House Ways and Means Committees shall be joint chairs. The chairs shall each appoint one vice chair and shall set the schedule and program for committee work. The chairs shall fix the days and hours of meetings and conduct hearings and examine witnesses who appear before the committee. Each chair may appoint subcommittees and invest them with such authority as deemed necessary to conduct the committee’s business and expedite its work. Members appointed to any subcommittee shall each be entitled to and shall receive compensation as is provided for below for members of the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets for each day the members attend a subcommittee meeting that is not also a meeting day of the committee. The subcommittee members shall not be paid for more than 30 additional calendar days in any single calendar year for work of the subcommittee.

Legislative History

(Acts 1991, No. 91-652, p. 1229, §2; Act 2023-224, §1.)