41-1271

41-1271. Joint legislative budget committee;
members; chairman; meetings

A. There is established a joint legislative budget committee which consists of
sixteen members, including the majority leaders of the senate and house of
representatives, the chairmen of the senate and house of representatives appropriations
committees, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the house
ways and means committee, five members of the senate and five members of the house of
representatives who are members of their respective appropriations committees. The
president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each
appoint the five members from their appropriations committee to the joint legislative
budget committee.

B. The chairman of the house of representatives appropriations committee has a term
as chairman of the joint legislative budget committee from the first day of the first
regular session to the first day of the second regular session of each legislature, and
the chairman of the senate appropriations committee has a term from the first day of the
second regular session to the first day of the next legislature's first regular session.

C. The joint legislative budget committee shall meet as often as they deem
necessary, and a majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.