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Arkansas Code Title 10. General Assembly § 10-3-507. Presession budget hearings attendance

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The members appointed to serve on the Joint Budget Committee at the next-following regular session of the General Assembly who are not members of the Legislative Council shall be privileged to attend all presession budget hearings of the Legislative Council held after the October 1 preceding the next regular session of the General Assembly.

(b) All such members of the Joint Budget Committee who are not regular members of the Legislative Council shall be given notice of all presession budget hearings scheduled by the Legislative Council and shall be privileged to attend the budget hearings and to participate therein and vote on budget recommendations the same as regular members of the Legislative Council.

(c) The members shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage for attendance at such presession budget hearings of the Legislative Council at the same rates provided by law for attendance at meetings of the interim committees of the General Assembly, and payment therefor shall be made as follows:

(1) Regular members of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee who are appointed to the Legislative Council shall receive per diem and mileage for attendance at Legislative Council presession budget hearings from funds appropriated for the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee;

(2) Members of either house of the General Assembly who are not regular members of the Legislative Council or regular members of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall receive the per diem and mileage from funds appropriated for the payment of per diem and mileage for attendance at meetings of the interim committees of the General Assembly; and

(3) Members of the Legislative Council shall receive per diem and mileage from funds appropriated for the support of the Legislative Council.

(d) The House Chair of the Special Language Subcommittee of the Joint Budget Committee shall serve on the corresponding subcommittee of the Legislative Council and Joint Budget Committee presession budget hearings as an ex officio nonvoting member.

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