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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 10-3-101. Presession assignment of regular standing committees - The presession assignments of members of regular standing Senate and...
§ 10-3-102. Presession meetings - (a) The Senate and House of Representatives standing committees appointed...
Subchapter 2 - Interim Committees Generally
§ 10-3-201. Legislative findings - (a) It is found and determined by the General Assembly...
§ 10-3-202. Purpose and intent - It is the purpose and intent of §§ 10-3-201 —...
§ 10-3-203. Interim committees established — Members — Jurisdiction - There are established within the legislative department of government the...
§ 10-3-204. Interim committee chairs - The chair and vice chair of each House of Representatives...
§ 10-3-205. Staff — Assignment and duties - (a) The Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall...
§ 10-3-206. Meetings - (a) Each of the subject matter interim committees may meet...
§ 10-3-207. Ad hoc subcommittees and citizen advisory panels - The various subject matter interim committees may establish ad hoc...
§ 10-3-209. Expenses of members - (a) The Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall...
§ 10-3-210. Attendance at regional or national conferences — Reimbursement of expenses - (a) Members of the interim committees may be authorized to...
§ 10-3-211. Function during recess — Compensation - If a regular session of the General Assembly is extended...
§ 10-3-212. Rules Committee of the Senate and Rules Committee of the House of Representatives — Meetings — Compensation - (a) The Rules Committee of the Senate and the Rules...
§ 10-3-213. Requests for and receipt of information — Continuing studies — Agency assistance - (a) Requests for information or study or legislation received from...
§ 10-3-214. Committee studies — Duties of Legislative Council — Reports and findings - (a) In addition to the functions and duties of the...
§ 10-3-215. Study expenses - (a) (1) Whenever an interim committee of the General Assembly...
§ 10-3-216. Duties of Legislative Joint Auditing Committee - In addition to the functions and duties of the Legislative...
§ 10-3-217. Proposed bills — Filing — Action by committee - (a) For the purpose of expediting the work of the...
§ 10-3-218. Budget hearings — Attendance by members of the General Assembly - (a) During the presession budget hearings conducted by the Legislative...
§ 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...
§ 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...
Subchapter 3 - Legislative Council
§ 10-3-301. Creation — Members - (a) An ad interim committee of the General Assembly is...
§ 10-3-302. Officers — Quorum - (a) (1) (A) The House of Representatives members of the...
§ 10-3-303. Bureau of Legislative Research - (a) There is established under the direction and control of...
§ 10-3-304. Sessions — Studies — Cooperation of state agencies - (a) (1) The Legislative Council shall convene at any time...
§ 10-3-305. Hearings — Records — Rules - (a) Hearings before the Legislative Council shall be public, and...
§ 10-3-306. Investigations — Witnesses — Recommendations - (a) The Legislative Council shall have authority to conduct investigations...
§ 10-3-307. Submission of itemized budgets to Legislative Council - All state agencies, departments, institutions, and offices shall submit to...
§ 10-3-308. Presession budget briefings — Compensation - (a) (1) The Legislative Council is authorized to conduct or...
§ 10-3-309. Review and approval of state agency rules — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) In the passage of this section, the...
§ 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...
§ 10-3-311. Gifts and donations - The Legislative Council is authorized to accept gifts, grants, contributions,...
§ 10-3-312. Notification of lawsuits affecting state - (a) In order that the General Assembly may take whatever...
§ 10-3-313. Meetings — Agenda — Procedures and practices - (a) (1) The Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council, the...
§ 10-3-315. Information and records - (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means every...
§ 10-3-316. Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee - The cochairs of the Legislative Council shall appoint a member...
§ 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...
§ 10-3-318. Review of occupational authorizations and occupational entities — Findings and intent — Definitions - (a) The General Assembly finds and determines that it is...
Subchapter 4 - Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
§ 10-3-401. Creation - There is established a committee of the General Assembly to...
§ 10-3-402. Purpose and definitions - (a) It is determined that adequate information is not available...
§ 10-3-403. Members — Selection - (a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall consist of members...
§ 10-3-404. Tenure — Vacancies — Alternates - (a) Tenure of membership and means of filling vacant positions...
§ 10-3-405. Meetings - (a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall meet upon call...
§ 10-3-406. Meetings during legislative session - (a) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee is authorized to meet...
§ 10-3-407. Duties — Cochairs - (a) The duties of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall...
§ 10-3-408. Rules - The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may establish any rules as...
§ 10-3-409. Compensation of Legislative Auditor and employees — Cooperation with Council of State Governments — Reimbursement - (a) (1) The Legislative Auditor shall be entitled to such...
§ 10-3-410. Abolishment or consolidation of agencies - The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee is authorized to recommend to...
§ 10-3-411. Investigation and audit of state or local entities — Subpoenas — Contempt - (a) (1) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee has the authority...
Subchapter 5 - Joint Budget Committee
§ 10-3-501. Act supplemental - This act is supplemental to the existing laws of this...
§ 10-3-502. Membership - (a) (1) (A) The Joint Budget Committee shall consist of:...
§ 10-3-507. Presession budget hearings - (a) The members appointed to serve on the Joint Budget...
§ 10-3-508. Duties - In addition to participation by members of the Joint Budget...
§ 10-3-509. Meeting during the interim - (a) The House of Representatives members of the Joint Budget...
Subchapter 6 - Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and Specifications
§ 10-3-601. Intent - It is the intent of this subchapter to establish procedures...
§ 10-3-602. Creation — Composition - There is established a joint interim committee of the General...
§ 10-3-603. Meetings — Officers — Compensation - (a) (1) The Joint Committee on Legislative Printing Requirements and...
§ 10-3-604. Duties - It shall be the duty of the Joint Committee on...
§ 10-3-605. State Procurement Director — Contracts - The State Procurement Director shall incorporate into all contracts for...
Subchapter 7 - Retirement Committees
§ 10-3-701. Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs — Creation — Members - (a) There is established a joint committee of the House...
§ 10-3-702. Bills referred to Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs — Fiscal note - (a) All bills introduced in either house of the General...
§ 10-3-703. Joint Interim Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs — Members — Duties - (a) Upon adjournment of each regular session, fiscal session, and...
Subchapter 8 - Energy Committees
§ 10-3-801. Subchapter supplemental - The provisions of this subchapter shall be in addition and...
§ 10-3-802. Joint Committee on Energy — Membership — Cochairs - (a) There is created a joint standing committee of the...
§ 10-3-803. Duties of Joint Committee on Energy - Bills pertaining to energy sources, supplies, needs, and problems shall...
§ 10-3-820. Joint Interim Committee on Energy — Members — Duties - (a) The members of the House of Representatives and the...
§ 10-3-821. Joint Interim Committee on Energy — Meetings — Cooperation with other states - (a) The Joint Interim Committee on Energy shall meet upon...
§ 10-3-822. Joint Interim Committee on Energy — Expenses — Staff - (a) The per diem and mileage, including reimbursement for expenses...
Subchapter 9 - Joint Performance Review Committee
§ 10-3-901. Creation — Members — Meetings — Expenses - (a) (1) There is hereby created the “Joint Performance Review...
§ 10-3-902. Duties - The Joint Performance Review Committee shall have the authority and...
Subchapter 10 - Committees on Education
§ 10-3-1003. Routine collaboration with Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Division of Career and Technical Education, and Division of Higher Education - (a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee...
Subchapter 11 - Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities
§ 10-3-1101. Creation — Members — Expenses - (a) There is established a joint interim committee of the...
§ 10-3-1102. Officers — Meetings - (a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall select...
§ 10-3-1103. When committee functions — Administrative responsibilities - (a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall function...
§ 10-3-1104. Powers and duties - (a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall review...
§ 10-3-1105. Rooms in State Capitol Building assigned for use of General Assembly - There is assigned in the State Capitol Building for the...
§ 10-3-1106. Additional legislative space - In addition to the space now provided in the State...
§ 10-3-1107. Allocation of space for General Assembly — Furnishings - (a) The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall determine...
§ 10-3-1108. Employment of architect - The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities shall have the...
§ 10-3-1109. Contracts - (a) (1) Construction work to be performed shall be under...
§ 10-3-1111. Disbursing officer - The Director of the Bureau of Legislative Research shall be...
Subchapter 13 - Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth
§ 10-3-1301. Construction - The provisions of this subchapter shall be in addition and...
§ 10-3-1303. Duties - The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall make...
§ 10-3-1320. Interim operation — Vacancies - (a) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall...
§ 10-3-1321. Meetings — Intergovernmental cooperation - (a) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall...
§ 10-3-1322. Reimbursement of expenses — Staff assistance - (a) (1) Members of the Senate Interim Committee on Children...
§ 10-3-1323. Compliance with child welfare reform - (a) The General Assembly finds that the requirements with which...
Subchapter 14 - Office of Economic and Tax Policy
§ 10-3-1401. Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy — Creation - (a) (1) There is hereby created the “Joint Committee on...
§ 10-3-1402. Office of Economic and Tax Policy — Creation - (a) There is hereby created within the Bureau of Legislative...
§ 10-3-1403. Office of Economic and Tax Policy — Powers and duties - (a) The Office of Economic and Tax Policy shall work...
§ 10-3-1404. Forecast of general revenues - (a) (1) On or before the third Wednesday in May...
§ 10-3-1405. Interdepartmental cooperation and assistance - (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall cooperate with...
Subchapter 16 - Joint Interim Oversight Committee on Education Reform
§ 10-3-1601. Creation — Members - (a) To assist the General Assembly, there is established the...
§ 10-3-1602. Duties - The duties of the Joint Interim Oversight Committee on Education...
Subchapter 17 - Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology
§ 10-3-1701. Purpose - The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in...
§ 10-3-1702. Definitions - For the purpose of this subchapter: (1) “Distance learning” means...
§ 10-3-1703. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Membership — Cochairs - (a) (1) There is created a joint standing committee of...
§ 10-3-1704. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Members — Duties - (a) The members of the House of Representatives and the...
§ 10-3-1705. Duties of joint standing committee - Bills pertaining to the Division of Information Systems, advanced communications...
§ 10-3-1706. Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology — Meetings - The Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall...
§ 10-3-1707. Interim committee meetings — Expenses — Staff - (a) The per diem and mileage, including reimbursement for expenses...
Subchapter 18 - Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology
§ 10-3-1801. Creation - There is created the “Committee on Advanced Communications and Information...
Subchapter 21 - Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act of 2004
§ 10-3-2101. Purpose and findings - (a) The General Assembly recognizes that it is the responsibility...
§ 10-3-2102. Duties - (a) During each interim, the House Committee on Education and...
§ 10-3-2103. Investigations - (a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee...
§ 10-3-2104. Report - (a) The House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee...
Subchapter 22 - Academic Facilities Oversight Committee
§ 10-3-2201. Academic Facilities Oversight Committee - (a) There is created a legislative committee to be known...
§ 10-3-2202. Powers and duties - (a) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall: (1) Oversee development...
§ 10-3-2203. Committee assistance - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Division...
§ 10-3-2204. Meetings — Reimbursement of expenses - (a) The Academic Facilities Oversight Committee shall function during the...
Subchapter 26 - Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism Act
§ 10-3-2601. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 10-3-2602. Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism — Creation - (a) The Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism is created....
§ 10-3-2603. Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism — Duties - (a) The Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism shall: (1)...
Subchapter 28 - Legislative Task Forces Concerning Criminal Justice
§ 10-3-2802. Interagency Task Force for the Implementation of Criminal Justice Prevention Initiatives. [Expired.] - (a) (1) (A) There is created the Interagency Task Force...
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....
Subchapter 30 - Behavioral Health Treatment Access Legislative Task Force
§ 10-3-3001. Behavioral Health Treatment Access Legislative Task Force. [Expired.] - (a) (1) There is created a Behavioral Health Treatment Access...
Subchapter 31 - Highway Commission Review and Advisory Subcommittee of the Legislative Council
§ 10-3-3101. Creation - (a) The Highway Commission Review and Advisory Subcommittee of the...
§ 10-3-3102. Duties - (a) The Highway Commission Review and Advisory Subcommittee of the...
Subchapter 32 - Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee
§ 10-3-3201. Legislative intent - The General Assembly intends to establish the Child Maltreatment Investigations...
§ 10-3-3202. Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee — Creation — Membership — Meetings — Definition - (a) (1) There is created a legislative committee to be...
§ 10-3-3203. Confidentiality — Unlawful disclosure - (a) Except as otherwise provided under § 10-3-3202(f), the meetings...
§ 10-3-3204. Report - (a) The Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall submit its...