[§23-66]  Powers and duties.  Thecommittee shall:

(1)  Operate within guidelines for requests forinformation established by the standing committee in the senate and thestanding committee in the house of representatives responsible for legislativemanagement;

(2)  Respond to legislative requests for informationwithin guidelines established by the standing committees in the senate and thehouse of representatives responsible for legislative management;

(3)  Convene ad hoc panels of experts who, with the assistanceof interested parties, can make findings and recommendations to the legislaturein whatever technical field requested after reducing the number of disputedfacts, and helping interest groups clearly express their objectives andassumptions; and

(4)  Present the clarified policy questions to thelegislature for resolution. [L 1989, c 165, pt of §2]