There is created the Legislative Services Committee, hereinafter called the committee, to be composed of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, the chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the […]
The committee is empowered to: Study and adopt methods and procedures to operate more efficiently the General Assembly and each house thereof; Study and adopt methods and procedures to make more uniform the operations of the Senate and the House of Representatives; Exercise general supervision of the operation of the legislative branch of government and […]
There is created the Office of Legislative Counsel. The legislative counsel shall be an attorney skilled and experienced in legislative matters and bill drafting. It shall be the duty of the legislative counsel to: Provide bill-drafting services which shall be equally available to every member of the General Assembly; and Advise and counsel members of […]
Communications between the Office of Legislative Counsel and the following persons shall be privileged and confidential: members of the General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor, and persons acting on behalf of such public officers; and such communications, and records and work product relating to such communications, shall not be subject to inspection or disclosure under Article […]
The Legislative Services Committee shall elect the legislative counsel and a majority vote of the total membership of the committee shall be necessary for such election. History. Ga. L. 1959, p. 152, § 4; Ga. L. 1965, p. 270, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 360, § 1.
The Attorney General shall serve as an advisor to the legislative counsel. History. Ga. L. 1959, p. 152, § 10.
The Legislative Services Committee is authorized to employ a legislative fiscal officer for the legislative branch of government. The fiscal officer shall act as the bookkeeper-comptroller for the legislative branch of government and shall maintain an account of legislative expenditures and commitments. Such fiscal officer shall maintain an inventory of the equipment, furnishings, and nonexpendable […]
The Office of Legislative Counsel and the Office of Legislative Fiscal Officer shall be under the budgetary control of the Legislative Services Committee. The committee shall provide procedures for the employment of personnel to assist the legislative counsel and the legislative fiscal officer; and those two officials and such personnel shall be compensated under such […]
The funds necessary to carry out this chapter shall be paid from the funds provided for the legislative branch of government. History. Ga. L. 1959, p. 152, § 8; Ga. L. 1976, p. 176, § 6.
