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      Sec. 2-53e. Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee. There is hereby created a Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee which shall be a permanent standing committee of the General Assembly, consisting of six members of the Senate, three appointed by the president pro tempore and three appointed by the minority leader, and six members of the House of Representatives, three appointed by the speaker of the House and three appointed by the minority leader. Members shall serve for a term of two years from date of appointment. The appointments shall be made at the beginning of each regular session of the General Assembly in the odd-numbered year. The terms of all members appointed to the committee shall end with the termination of each member's term or holding of office, whichever occurs first. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. The committee shall select cochairpersons and such other officers as it may deem necessary from among its membership. A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum and all actions of the committee shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the full committee membership. The cochairpersons and ranking minority members of the joint standing committee requesting an investigation shall serve as nonvoting, ex-officio members of the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee during the course of such investigation.

      (1972, P.A. 90, S. 1; P.A. 75-388, S. 2; P.A. 79-31, S. 10, 17; P.A. 82-314, S. 3, 63; P.A. 89-142, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 75-388 added words "and investigations" to committee name, deleted obsolete provisions for initial appointments and provided for ex-officio members; P.A. 79-31 replaced the word "policy" with "elections" in the committee name and changed "co-chairmen" to "cochairpersons"; P.A. 82-314 changed formal designations of committees; P.A. 89-142 deleted provision requiring appointment by each appointing authority of member from committees having cognizance of appropriations and government administration.