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AR Code § 10-3-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 2 - Interim Committees Generally|§ 10-3-215. Study expenses

 (a)  (1) Whenever an interim committee of the General Assembly deems it necessary or advisable in connection with any interim study activity authorized by law or undertaken by the committee to hire consultants, actuaries, or special technical or clerical employees, or other assistance in connection with any such study, a written request shall be filed with the Legislative Council. This request shall outline the nature or purposes of the study, the need or necessity of hiring such special consultants, actuaries, or technical or clerical employees, or other assistance, and the estimated amount required for the assistance.  (2) If the Legislative Council deems that uncommitted funds are available for that purpose and that the request for funds for hiring consultants, actuaries, or technical or clerical employees, or other assistance will serve a useful purpose and that the cost is justified, the Legislative Council, after seeking the advice of the interim committee which made the request, may proceed to employ such consultants, actuaries, or technical or clerical employees, or provide other assistance, and may make payment from the funds appropriated for interim committee study expenses.    (b) The Legislative Council may use the funds appropriated for interim committee study expenses in the same manner as other interim committees as set out in this section.  (c) It is the intent of the procedures set out in this section that the Legislative Council shall coordinate, control, and authorize expenditures for interim committee study expenses whenever the Legislative Council deems the expenditures to be in the interest of comprehensive studies or research projects authorized by law or by appropriate action taken by the respective interim committees.
AR Code § 10-3-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 2 - Interim Committees Generally|§ 10-3-216. Duties of Legislative Joint Auditing Committee

 In addition to the functions and duties of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall furnish such information and assistance to the various subject matter interim committees as may reasonably be requested by the committees. When the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee in the course of its audits or other activities discovers any improper action or inaction by any public agency or department or the employees of any public agency or department, it shall be the duty of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee to report the findings to the appropriate interim committee for study and investigation.
AR Code § 10-3-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 2 - Interim Committees Generally|§ 10-3-218. Budget hearings — Attendance by members of the General Assembly

 (a) During the presession budget hearings conducted by the Legislative Council and the Joint Budget Committee preceding each regular biennial session, the cochairs of the Legislative Council shall cause copies of the budget hearing agendas to be furnished to each member of the General Assembly in order that all members of the Senate and House of Representatives will be advised of the times when such hearings are conducted and of the budget requests to be heard or considered each day of the hearings.  (b) All members of the Senate and House who will be serving in the upcoming regular biennial session of the General Assembly, including the newly elected members of the Senate and House, shall be entitled to attend any or all biennial presession budget hearings conducted by the Legislative Council and the Joint Budget Committee and shall be entitled to receive per diem and mileage for attending such meetings at the same rate as is provided for attendance at meetings of interim committees of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 10-3-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 2 - Interim Committees Generally|§ 10-3-219. Purpose of §§ 10-3-217 and 10-3-218

 It is the intent of §§ 10-3-217 and 10-3-218 to supplement the existing laws of this state governing the powers, functions, and duties of the interim committees of the General Assembly. Nothing in those sections is intended to modify or repeal any of the existing laws governing the powers, functions, and duties of any of the interim committees of the General Assembly, including the Legislative Council and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, except to provide for separate interim committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate and to authorize comparable House and Senate committees to meet jointly during the interim if they choose to do so.
AR Code § 10-3-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 2 - Interim Committees Generally|§ 10-3-220. Monitoring of changes made in federal income tax laws and regulations — Reports of secretary

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall monitor changes made in federal income tax laws and regulations for the purpose of determining how the changes may affect Arkansas income tax law and for the purpose of determining how the changes differ from provisions adopted for Arkansas income tax purposes.  (b) The secretary shall report his or her findings annually to the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation and may make such other reports to the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation as he or she deems necessary.
AR Code § 10-3-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-302. Officers — Quorum

 (a)  (1)  (A) The House of Representatives members of the Legislative Council shall select one (1) of their number as Legislative Council cochair and one (1) of their number as Legislative Council co-vice chair.  (B) The Senate members of the Legislative Council shall select one (1) of their number as Legislative Council cochair and one (1) of their number as Legislative Council co-vice chair.    (2)  (A) The House cochair shall appoint all House Legislative Council members to Legislative Council subcommittees and the Senate cochair shall appoint all Senate Legislative Council members of Legislative Council subcommittees.  (B) The House cochair shall appoint a House Legislative Council member as cochair of each Legislative Council subcommittee and the Senate cochair shall appoint a Senate Legislative Council member as cochair of each Legislative Council subcommittee.  (C) The Senate cochair and the House cochair shall alternate in presiding at meetings of the Legislative Council unless the two (2) chairs shall agree otherwise.    (3) Any other officers shall be elected as the Legislative Council may deem necessary.  (4) The Legislative Council shall select an executive secretary who shall serve as secretary to the Legislative Council at all of its meetings, but without a vote.    (b)  (1) Upon the request of any three (3) members of the Legislative Council, a separate vote of House members and Senate members shall be taken on any issue or matter brought before the Legislative Council and approval of each house shall be required for the action.  (2) The adoption or amendment of the rules of the Legislative Council shall require approval by a separate vote of Senate Legislative Council members and House Legislative Council members.
AR Code § 10-3-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-304. Sessions — Studies — Cooperation of state agencies

 (a)  (1) The Legislative Council shall convene at any time during the interim between regular sessions, fiscal sessions, or special sessions of the General Assembly and shall remain in session for such time as it considers necessary for the consideration of all matters relating to state government, not however, for more than a total of ninety (90) days which need not be continuous.  (2) The Legislative Council shall convene and hold its sessions at the State Capitol at the seat of government or at other places as the Legislative Council may determine, and ample notice of all sessions shall be given by the Executive Secretary to the Legislative Council in advance of the sessions.    (b) The Legislative Council shall undertake such studies or investigations as may be directed by the General Assembly or either house of the General Assembly. In addition, any member of the General Assembly shall be privileged when the General Assembly is not in session to submit resolutions or study proposals to the Legislative Council for its consideration, study, and recommendations.  (c) The Legislative Council shall report any findings and recommendations to each regular session, fiscal session, or special session of the General Assembly for the repeal or amendment of existing laws or for the enactment of new laws with respect to the operation of the state government or with respect to any matter that is a subject for legislative consideration.  (d) All departments and agencies of the state government are directed to cooperate with the Legislative Council and with the Bureau of Legislative Research in providing assistance, information, or data when requested so that the General Assembly might be fully advised of all matters with respect to the operation of the various state agencies, departments, and institutions.
AR Code § 10-3-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-305. Hearings — Records — Rules

 (a) Hearings before the Legislative Council shall be public, and all sessions of the Legislative Council shall be open to the public, except in those instances in which the Legislative Council feels that it is necessary to go into executive session.  (b) All records, reports, and other matters before the committee or in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall at all times during business hours be open to reasonable public inspection, except as to those matters which the Legislative Council has determined should be privileged.  (c) Any member of the General Assembly or other person can be heard by the Legislative Council for the purpose of discussing any proposed legislation or any other matter of public interest.  (d) The Rules of the House of Representatives and the Rules of the Senate shall govern the proceedings of the Legislative Council, but if the rules are conflicting or inadequate, the Legislative Council shall adopt its own rules.
AR Code § 10-3-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-306. Investigations — Witnesses — Recommendations

 (a) The Legislative Council shall have authority to conduct investigations pertaining to the operation of any state agency, institution, department, or office.  (b) After its organization, the Legislative Council shall proceed to investigate all state departments, agencies, institutions, and all other activities supported either in whole or in part by state funds.  (c) In connection with any investigation, it shall have the right and power to subpoena witnesses and to issue subpoena duces tecum. The cochairs of the Legislative Council are authorized to administer oaths.  (d) The Legislative Council shall make proper recommendations to each General Assembly as to the appropriations required by all agencies, institutions, and departments for their efficient and economical operation.
AR Code § 10-3-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-307. Submission of itemized budgets to Legislative Council

 All state agencies, departments, institutions, and offices shall submit to the Legislative Council a budget for their operation in the manner and at the times as requested by the Legislative Council. The Legislative Council shall ascertain the needs of each department of state government and all of its agencies, institutions, and offices; the number of employees required by each of them; and the necessary amount of money from public funds required to carry on the work or functions of any department, agency, institution, and office; and shall before each session of the General Assembly prepare and submit to the General Assembly an itemized budget for each department, agency, office, and institution supported by the state government.
AR Code § 10-3-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-308. Presession budget briefings — Compensation

 (a)  (1) The Legislative Council is authorized to conduct or cause to be conducted budget briefings for members and members-elect of the General Assembly during the presession budget hearings conducted by the Legislative Council and the Joint Budget Committee preceding each regular session and fiscal session of the General Assembly for the purpose of informing interested members and members-elect of the General Assembly concerning budget requests, executive recommendations, and Legislative Council and Joint Budget Committee recommendations regarding the budgets for the various state agencies, institutions, departments, and programs.  (2) If at any time during the Legislative Council and Joint Budget Committee hearings preceding each regular session and fiscal session of the General Assembly it appears that there is not sufficient interest or attendance by members and members-elect of the General Assembly to justify continuation of budget briefings, the cochairs and co-vice chairs of the Legislative Council are authorized to terminate any further briefings during that particular budget session.    (b) Each member of the General Assembly who will serve during the upcoming regular session or fiscal session of the General Assembly and each member-elect of the General Assembly shall be entitled to attend the budget briefings conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section. Each member attending the budget briefings shall be entitled to per diem and mileage for attending briefings at the rate prescribed by law for members of the General Assembly who attend meetings of the interim committees of the General Assembly, to be payable from moneys appropriated for payment of per diem and mileage for attendance at meetings of interim committees.
AR Code § 10-3-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-310. Compensation of executive secretary and employees — Cooperation with Council of State Governments — Reimbursement

 (a)  (1) The Executive Secretary to the Legislative Council shall be entitled to such salary as may be authorized by appropriation of the General Assembly.  (2) All other employees of the Legislative Council shall receive such remuneration as may be provided by the annual appropriations.    (b) The Legislative Council is authorized to cooperate with the Council of State Governments and with national and regional organizations established to study governmental problems and may authorize one (1) or more of its members to attend the meetings thereof which the Legislative Council deems appropriate. Any member of the Legislative Council attending the meetings shall be reimbursed only for actual and reasonable expenses for transportation, meals, lodging, and other necessary expenses.
AR Code § 10-3-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-311. Gifts and donations

 The Legislative Council is authorized to accept gifts, grants, contributions, and donations from the federal government or from private persons, associations, or corporations for use in making studies and in performing the functions and duties of the Legislative Council as prescribed by law.
AR Code § 10-3-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-312. Notification of lawsuits affecting state

 (a) In order that the General Assembly may take whatever steps it deems necessary concerning lawsuits which may affect the State of Arkansas, its officials, or its financial resources:  (1) The Attorney General shall notify the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research who is the Executive Secretary to the Legislative Council as soon as possible after the Attorney General becomes involved in such litigation;  (2) When any state agency or any entity which receives an appropriation of funds from the General Assembly becomes involved in litigation without representation by the Attorney General, the director or administrative head of the agency shall notify the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research as soon as possible.    (b) The notice given by the Attorney General or by the director or administrative head of a state agency to the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall include the style of the case being litigated, the identity of the tribunal before which the matter has been filed, a brief description of the issues involved, and other information that will enable the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee to determine the action that may be deemed necessary to protect the interests of the General Assembly and the State of Arkansas in that matter.  (c) Upon receipt of the notice, the Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall during the interim between legislative sessions transmit a copy of the notice to the cochairs of the Legislative Council and to the cochairs of the Joint Budget Committee during legislative sessions in order that those committees may schedule that matter upon their respective agendas at the earliest possible date.  (d) During the interim between legislative sessions, the Legislative Council shall determine, and during legislative sessions the Joint Budget Committee shall determine, whether the General Assembly has an interest in the litigation and, if so, take whatever action deemed necessary to protect the General Assembly's and the state's interest in that matter.
AR Code § 10-3-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-315. Information and records

 (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means every department, division, office, board, commission, and institution of this state, including state-supported institutions of higher education.  (b) Every state agency shall provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with information, records, and access to electronic databases and files when requested by the bureau, unless prohibited by federal or state law.  (c) Information and records requested by the bureau shall be provided as soon as possible and in whatever reasonable form, hard copy, electronic, etc., requested.  (d) State agencies shall also make their staff reasonably accessible for consultation with bureau staff.
AR Code § 10-3-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-316. Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee

 The cochairs of the Legislative Council shall appoint a member of the Senate Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs and a member of the House Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs to serve as members of the Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council.
AR Code § 10-3-317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council|§ 10-3-317. Disclosure of school district information and records — Access to electronic databases of Division of Elementary and Secondary Education

 (a)  (1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall provide the Bureau of Legislative Research with direct read-and-report-only access to the division's data warehouse concerning school districts and related records.  (2) In providing the bureau with the direct read-and-report-only access required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the division shall take reasonable precautions, including electronic blocking or redacting, to prevent the disclosure of:  (A) Personally identifiable information of a student unless the parent or guardian of a minor student or a student who is no longer a minor consents in writing to the disclosure of personally identifiable information about that student; or  (B) Information that would cause the division to lose funding under the provisions of 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, as it existed on January 1, 2007.    (3)  (A) The division shall make its staff reasonably accessible for consultation with bureau staff in developing and responding appropriately to bureau requests under this section.  (B) The bureau staff shall inform the division of any warehouse data used in the preparation of reports and provide the division at least one (1) working day to review any student-related warehouse data used in preparation of reports prior to publicly releasing that student-related data without individually identifiable information.      (b) The division shall provide other information and records requested by the bureau as soon as possible and in whatever reasonable form requested.
AR Code § 10-3-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 4 - Legislative Joint Auditing Committee|§ 10-3-401. Creation

 There is established a committee of the General Assembly to be known as the “Legislative Joint Auditing Committee”. It is the intention of the General Assembly that this shall be a joint interim committee of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 10-3-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 4 - Legislative Joint Auditing Committee|§ 10-3-404. Tenure — Vacancies — Alternates

 (a) Tenure of membership and means of filling vacant positions for members of the House of Representatives shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the House of Representatives.  (b) Tenure of membership and the means of filling vacant positions for members of the Senate shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the Senate.
AR Code § 10-3-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 4 - Legislative Joint Auditing Committee|§ 10-3-405. Meetings

 (a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall meet upon call or announcement by either cochair or upon petition of ten (10) of the regular members of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.  (b)  (1) The official meeting place of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall be in that portion of the State Capitol Building assigned to the General Assembly by § 10-3-1105.  (2) However, the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may meet at any other designated place it may deem necessary to the carrying out of its official business.