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AR Code § 10-3-1703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 17 - Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology|§ 10-3-1703. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Membership — Cochairs

 (a)  (1) There is created a joint standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be known as the “Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology”.  (2) This Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall function as established by law.    (b)  (1) The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall be a select committee of the House and the Senate, whose members shall be chosen as follows:  (A)  (i) Seven (7) members of the Senate to consist of the members of the Senate Committee on Technology and Legislative Affairs.  (ii) Any vacancy shall be filled according to the Rules of the Senate on seniority; and    (B)  (i) Ten (10) members of the House to be selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  (ii)  (a) One (1) alternate member for each of the House members shall be selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  (b) Vacancies in the House membership on the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall be filled by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance with the Rules of the House of Representatives.        (2) In the event a vacancy shall occur on the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner as provided for in this section.    (c) Members appointed to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall serve on the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology in addition to their service on the regular standing, joint, and select committees.  (d)  (1) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Technology and Legislative Affairs shall serve as the Senate Cochair of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one (1) of the House members appointed to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology to serve as the House Cochair of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.  (2) The cochairs of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall preside at alternate meetings of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, unless the cochairs shall agree otherwise.
AR Code § 10-3-1705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 17 - Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology|§ 10-3-1705. Duties of joint standing committee

 Bills pertaining to the Division of Information Systems, advanced communications and information technology, telemedicine, distance learning, or public information access shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology or the Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, as appropriate.
AR Code § 10-3-1706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 17 - Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology|§ 10-3-1706. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Meetings

 The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall meet upon call by either or both of the cochairs of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, or at such other times as may be provided in the rules of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, or upon written call by any seven (7) of its members.
AR Code § 10-3-1707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 17 - Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology|§ 10-3-1707. Interim committee meetings — Expenses — Staff

 (a) The per diem and mileage, including reimbursement for expenses for attending out-of-state meetings as provided by law, shall be paid from funds appropriated for per diem, mileage, and expenses of members of the General Assembly for attending interim committee meetings or from other funds provided by law for that purpose.  (b) The Bureau of Legislative Research shall furnish such staff assistance as may be requested by the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.  (c) All other appropriate state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Division of Information Systems, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, and public colleges and universities in the State of Arkansas, shall be available to assist the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology on advanced communications and information technology matters as may be requested by the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.
AR Code § 10-3-1801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 18 - Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology|§ 10-3-1801. Creation

 There is created the “Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology” of the House of Representatives to be composed of the members of the House on the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.
AR Code § 10-3-2101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 21 - Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act of 2004|§ 10-3-2101. Purpose and findings

 (a) The General Assembly recognizes that it is the responsibility of the State of Arkansas to:  (1) Develop what constitutes an adequate education in Arkansas pursuant to the mandate of the Supreme Court and to conduct an adequacy study, which has been completed; and  (2) Know how revenues of the State of Arkansas are being spent and whether true equality in educational opportunity is being achieved.    (b) The General Assembly also recognizes that no one (1) study can fully define what is an adequate, efficient, and equitable education.  (c) The General Assembly further recognizes that while the adequacy study performed in 2003 is an integral component toward satisfying the requirements imposed by the Supreme Court, the General Assembly has a continuing duty to assess what constitutes an adequate education in the State of Arkansas.  (d) Therefore, because the State of Arkansas has an absolute duty to provide the school children of the State of Arkansas with an adequate education, the General Assembly finds that ensuring that an adequate and equitable system of public education is available in the State of Arkansas shall be the ongoing priority for the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 10-3-2103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 21 - Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act of 2004|§ 10-3-2103. Investigations

 (a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall have the authority to conduct investigations pertaining to the effectiveness of any and all education programs of:  (1) Any school;  (2) Any school district;  (3) Any service cooperative;  (4) Any institution;  (5) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or its successors; or  (6) The State Board of Education or any division under the board's authority.    (b)  (1) In connection with any investigation, the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall have the right and the power to subpoena witnesses and to issue subpoena duces tecum, pursuant to § 10-2-307.  (2) The chairs and the cochairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education are authorized to administer oaths.
AR Code § 10-3-2104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 21 - Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act of 2004|§ 10-3-2104. Report

 (a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall file separately or jointly, or both, reports of their findings and recommendations with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than November 1 of each year before the convening of a regular session.  (b) For each recommendation the report shall include proposed implementation schedules with timelines, specific steps, agencies and persons responsible, resources needed, and drafts of bills proposing all necessary and recommended legislative changes.  (c) The report shall be supplemented as needed to accomplish the purposes of this continuing evaluation.  (d)  (1) Before a fiscal session, the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education shall meet, jointly or separately as needed, to review the funding recommendations contained in the most recent report filed under this section.  (2) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education, meeting jointly or separately as needed, also shall review any other matters identified by the House Committee on Education or the Senate Committee on Education that may affect the state's obligation to provide a substantially equal opportunity for an adequate education for all public school students.  (3) If the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education find that the recommendations in the most recent adequacy evaluation report filed under this section should be amended, the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education, jointly or separately, or both, shall advise in writing the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of their findings and amendments to the adequacy evaluation report:  (A) By November 1 of the calendar year before the beginning of a fiscal session that is held in a year in which the preferential primary election is held in May under § 7-7-203; and  (B) By March 1 of the calendar year before the beginning of a fiscal session that is held in a year in which the preferential primary election is held in March under § 7-7-203.      (e) The House Committee on Education or the Senate Committee on Education, separately or jointly, shall publish a draft of the report required under this section or any amendment or supplement to the report not less than fourteen (14) days before the report, amendment, or supplement is submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
AR Code § 10-3-2201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 22 - Academic Facilities Oversight Committee|§ 10-3-2201. Academic Facilities Oversight Committee

 (a) There is created a legislative committee to be known as the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee.  (b) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall consist of fifteen (15) members as follows:  (1)  (A) Seven (7) members of the Senate as follows:  (i) One (1) member who is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education or his or her designee;  (ii) Two (2) members of the Senate Committee on Education appointed by the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and  (iii) Four (4) members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.    (B) In the event that the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate are the same person, the Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Education shall make the appointments under subdivision (b)(1)(A)(ii) of this section;    (2)  (A) Seven (7) members of the House of Representatives as follows:  (i) One (1) member who is the Chair of the House Committee on Education or his or her designee;  (ii) Two (2) members of the House Committee on Education to be appointed by the Chair of the House Committee on Education; and  (iii) Four (4) members of the House to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.    (B) In the event that the Chair of the House Committee on Education and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are the same person, the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Education shall make the appointments under subdivision (b)(2)(A)(ii) of this section; and    (3) The Director of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation who shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member.    (c) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education or the chair's designee and the Chair of the House Committee on Education or the chair's designee shall serve as cochairs of the committee.  (d) If a vacancy occurs in an appointed position for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.  (e)  (1) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall meet upon the call of either or both of the cochairs of the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee.  (2) Eight (8) members of the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business.  (3) A quorum is required for any action of the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee.
AR Code § 10-3-2202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 22 - Academic Facilities Oversight Committee|§ 10-3-2202. Powers and duties

 (a) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall:  (1) Oversee development and implementation of state statutory requirements with regard to providing constitutionally appropriate public school academic facilities and related equipment for all public schools in the State of Arkansas as necessary to provide an equal opportunity for an adequate education for all public school students in Arkansas;  (2) [Repealed.]  (3) Review and recommend policies and criteria for the repair, maintenance, renovation, remodeling, replacement, and construction of public school academic facilities;  (4) Oversee local and state expenditures related to providing constitutionally appropriate public school academic facilities and related equipment;  (5) Review the effectiveness of methods used to fund the cost of constitutionally appropriate public school academic facilities and equipment;  (6) Review the ongoing assessment, evaluation, and inspection of public school academic facilities to provide that constitutionally appropriate public school academic facilities are, and will continue to be, provided for public school students in Arkansas; and  (7) Use the opinions of the Supreme Court in the matter of Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee, 351 Ark. 31, 91 S.W.3d 472 (2002) and other legal precedent relevant to public school academic facilities.    (b)  (1)  (A) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education no later than October 1 before each regular session of the General Assembly.  (B) Upon motion of the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee and approval by a quorum of the committee, the October 1 report deadline may be extended for a period to be determined by the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee.    (2) The report shall include for each recommendation, proposed implementation schedules with timelines, specific steps, agencies and persons responsible, and resources needed.  (3) When feasible, the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall propose plans, measures, and initiatives as recommendations for legislation or rules.
AR Code § 10-3-2203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 22 - Academic Facilities Oversight Committee|§ 10-3-2203. Committee assistance

 (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Division of Career and Technical Education, the Division of Higher Education, the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, and the Division of Public School Accountability shall provide the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee with assistance as requested by the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee.  (b) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee may hire or contract with individuals or entities, both within the state and from out of state, for the purpose of obtaining staff or otherwise performing the duties of the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee to the extent funding is appropriated and available for that purpose.  (c) The Bureau of Legislative Research shall furnish reasonable staff assistance to the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee as may be requested by the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee.
AR Code § 10-3-2204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 22 - Academic Facilities Oversight Committee|§ 10-3-2204. Meetings — Reimbursement of expenses

 (a) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall function during the interim between regular session, fiscal sessions, or special sessions of the General Assembly, while the General Assembly is in session, and while the General Assembly is in recess.  (b) If the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee meets at a time when the General Assembly is not in session, the legislative members of the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee are entitled to per diem and mileage reimbursement at the rate for attending meetings of the Legislative Council. The per diem or mileage reimbursement shall be paid from funds appropriated for the payment of per diem and mileage for attendance at meetings of interim committees of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 10-3-2601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism Act|§ 10-3-2601. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism Act”.
AR Code § 10-3-2603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism Act|§ 10-3-2603. Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism — Duties

 (a) The Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism shall:  (1) Examine how the State of Arkansas responds to autism and autism spectrum disorders;  (2) Determine the best practices to treat autism and autism spectrum disorders;  (3) Recommend more efficient methods for treating autism and autism spectrum disorders;  (4) Recommend how to obtain more federal funds for treating autism and autism spectrum disorders and provide special education to children with autism and autism spectrum disorders; and  (5) Recommend to the General Assembly specific changes to the law that will improve treatment of autism and autism spectrum disorders and improve the provision of special education to children with autism and autism spectrum disorders.    (b) On or before August 31 of each year, the task force shall provide the General Assembly with a written explanation of the recommended legislative changes.
AR Code § 10-3-2901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 10 - General Assembly|Chapter 3 - Committees|Subchapter 29 - Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee|§ 10-3-2901. Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee

 (a) There is created a Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee.  (b) The committee shall consist of the following members:  (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice's designee who shall serve as Chair of the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee;  (2) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts or the director's designee;  (3) Three (3) circuit court judges who preside over a specialty court program as defined under § 16-10-139(a) to be appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council, Inc.;  (4) Three (3) district court judges who preside over a specialty court program as defined under § 16-10-139(a) to be appointed by the Arkansas District Judges Council, Inc.;  (5) One (1) circuit court judge who presides over a juvenile drug court program to be appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council, Inc.;  (6) The Director of the Department of Community Correction or the director's designee;  (7) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the secretary's designee;  (8) The Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or the director's designee;  (9) A prosecutor appointed by the Prosecutor Coordinator;  (10) A public defender appointed by the Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Defender Commission;  (11) A member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;  (12) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and  (13) The Arkansas Drug Director or the director's designee.    (c) The chair or the chair's designee shall promptly call the first meeting within thirty (30) days after April 1, 2015.  (d)  (1) The committee shall conduct its meetings at the State Capitol Building or at any place designated by the chair or the chair's designee.  (2) Meetings shall be held at least one (1) time every three (3) months but may occur more often at the call of the chair.    (e) If any vacancy occurs on the committee, the vacancy shall be filled by the same process as the original appointment.  (f) The committee shall establish rules and procedures for conducting its business.  (g) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.  (h) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting any business of the committee.  (i) The committee is established to:  (1) Promote collaboration and provide recommendations on issues involving adult and juvenile specialty courts; and  (2) Design and complete the comprehensive evaluation of adult and juvenile specialty court programs as required by § 16-10-139.