§ 3-10-110. Actions to Increase Public Access
The house of representatives shall take action to improve, enhance, and expand its audio-visual, Internet, graphics, captioning, wireless and broadcast capabilities so that public access to its proceedings will increase.
§ 3-10-101. Creation — Composition
There is created a joint legislative services committee, hereinafter referred to as the committee, which shall constitute a special committee of the general assembly. The committee shall be composed of ten (10) members. The speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall be members and shall serve as co-chairs of […]
§ 3-10-102. Appointment — Terms — Vacancies
Appointment of members of the committee shall be made at the same time as standing committee appointments are made. Members shall serve until the end of their terms of office or until the next regular November general election, whichever occurs first. In the event of a vacancy on the committee, the vacancy shall be filled […]
§ 3-10-103. Meetings
The first meeting of the committee shall be held at the call of the co-chairs within fifteen (15) days after the appointment of the members. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least one (1) time during each regular or adjourned session of the general assembly. Other meetings may be called during or between sessions by […]
§ 3-10-104. Recommendations on Management, Policy and Procedure
The committee shall make recommendations on management, policies, and procedures to be employed in providing services to the general assembly or either house thereof. Recommendations which concern only one (1) house shall be approved by a majority of the committee members from the appropriate house and the speaker of that house. Recommendations which concern the […]
§ 3-10-105. Cooperation of State Departments, Institutions and Agencies
The office of legal services, the office of legislative administration, office of legislative budget analysis and the office of legislative information systems established by §§ 3-12-101, 3-13-101, 3-14-201 and 3-16-101, respectively, may call upon the state library, state universities and colleges, the comptroller of the treasury, the state planning office, the attorney general and reporter, […]
§ 3-10-107. Legislative Information Systems — Select Advisory Council — Staff User Group
A select advisory council on legislative information systems may be appointed by the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. Such council shall be composed of an equal number of members of the senate and the house of representatives as the speakers shall determine, and the clerks shall serve as […]
§ 3-10-108. Access to Legislative Computer System — Reproduction of Tennessee Code Annotated
The joint legislative services committee shall consider each application for direct access to the legislative computer system in which confidential information is stored or processed, or that is connected to another computer in which confidential information is stored or processed, and solely shall determine whether or not to permit direct access by the applicant. Direct […]
§ 3-10-109. Legislative Computer Access and Information — Violations — Penalties
It is unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly gain access to information stored or maintained in a computer under the control of the joint legislative services committee if it is not lawful for such person to have access and such person is also not authorized by such committee to have access to that […]