(a) An ad interim committee of the General Assembly is hereby established as the “Legislative Council” to consist of the following: (1) The Senate shall select sixteen (16) members in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Rules of the Senate; (2) The House of Representatives shall select twenty (20) members in accordance with the procedure […]
(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 […]
(a) There is established under the direction and control of the Legislative Council a Bureau of Legislative Research which shall consist of a director to be selected by the Legislative Council and other assistants as may be provided by legislative appropriation. (b) The Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall be the Executive Secretary […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(a) (1) (A) In the passage of this section, the General Assembly is aware of the significant number of laws which have been enacted granting to boards, commissions, departments, and administrative agencies of state government the authority to promulgate and enforce rules. (B) The General Assembly is further aware that ample safeguards have not been […]
(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 […]
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.
(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 […]
(a) (1) The Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, the Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, and the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council shall each meet monthly on a date approximately two (2) weeks preceding the date on which regular meetings of the interim committees are held. (2) At […]
(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 […]
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.
(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 […]
(a) The General Assembly finds and determines that it is in the best interest of this state to conduct a periodic comprehensive review of all occupational authorizations and the occupational entities that issue them. (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to determine and implement the least restrictive form of occupational authorization to […]
