Arkansas § 10-3-802 Joint Committee on Energy - Membership - Cochairs

Arkansas Statutes

§ 10-3-802 — Joint Committee on Energy - Membership - Cochairs

(a)There is created a joint standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the "Joint Committee on Energy".

(b)(1) The Joint Committee on Energy shall be a select committee of the House of Representatives and Senate whose members shall be chosen as follows:

(A)(i) Ten (10) members of the Senate to be named pursuant to the Rules of the Senate.

(ii)Each Senate member is authorized to appoint a member of the Senate to serve as his or her alternate on the Joint Committee on Energy; and (B) (i) Fifteen (15) members of the House of Representatives to be selected as prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives.

(ii)One (1) alternate member for each of the fifteen (15) House members shall be selected as prescribed by the Rules of the House of Repre

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(a) There is created a joint standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the "Joint Committee on Energy". (b) (1) The Joint Committee on Energy shall be a select committee of the House of Representatives and Senate whose members shall be chosen as follows: (A) (i) Ten (10) members of the Senate to be named pursuant to the Rules of the Senate. (ii) Each Senate member is authorized to appoint a member of the Senate to serve as his or her alternate on the Joint Committee on Energy; and (B) (i) Fifteen (15) members of the House of Representatives to be selected as prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives. (ii) One (1) alternate member for each of the fifteen (15) House members shall be selected as prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives. (2) Senate members and alternate Senate members of the Joint Committee on Energy shall be appointed at each regular biennial session of the General Assembly and shall serve until the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly. (c) Members appointed to the Joint Committee on Energy shall serve on the Joint Committee on Energy in addition to their service on the regular standing and select committees of the Senate. (d) (1) (A) One (1) of the Senate members of the Joint Committee on Energy shall be designated pursuant to the Rules of the Senate to serve as the Senate Cochair of the Joint Committee on Energy. (B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate two (2) of the House members appointed to the Joint Committee on Energy to serve as the House Cochair of the Joint Committee on Energy and the House Co-vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Energy. (2) The cochairs of the Joint Committee on Energy shall preside at alternate meetings of the Joint Committee on Energy unless the cochairs shall agree otherwise.

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Legislative History

Acts 1979, No. 8, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 4-1201, 4-1202; Acts 1991, No. 15, § 1; 1991, No. 995, § 2; 1992 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 32, § 1; 1993, No. 517, § 2; 1995, No. 1330, § 1; 2001, No. 627, § 3; 2003, No. 24, § 2; 2003, No. 380, § 1; 2003, No. 1473, § 19.