HJR97 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tammy Irons

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

James E. BuskeyJohn RobinsonJeremy OdenJim McClendon

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Two-Year College System Joint Interim Legislative Committee, established

Summary

HJR97 creates a temporary Two-Year College System Joint Interim Legislative Committee to study Alabama’s two-year college system and report recommendations to the Legislature by 2011.

What This Bill Does

It creates a bicameral committee with ten members (five from each house) appointed by the presiding officers, designed to reflect statewide diversity. The committee will study all facets of the two-year college system and adopt the recommendations of the Final Report from the House Interim Legislative Study Committee To Assess The Two-year College System. It must report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Legislature no later than the fifth legislative day of the 2011 Regular Session, after which the committee is dissolved. It provides for clerical support, sets member compensation and travel expenses, and places a $5,000 total expenditure cap for the committee.

Who It Affects

• Members of the Alabama House and Senate appointed to the committee will serve, attend meetings, and receive compensation and travel reimbursement.
• The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives will provide necessary clerical assistance to the committee.
• Alabama’s two-year college system and its stakeholders (e.g., students, faculty, and administrators) will be affected indirectly through any recommendations that result from the committee’s study.

Key Provisions

• Establishes the Two-Year College System Joint Interim Legislative Committee.
• Committee composition: five members from each house, appointed by the presiding officers, with diversity considered.
• Chair and vice chair elected at the first meeting.
• Committee to study all facets of the two-year college system and adopt the recommendations of a specified Final Report.
• Mandated reporting of findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Legislature by the fifth legislative day of the 2011 Regular Session; committee dissolves afterward.
• Clerical support provided by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House.
• Members receive regular compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for meetings; payments funded by appropriations to the Legislature.
• No additional compensation or overlapping payments on the same dates; restrictions noted for in-session periods.
• Total expenditures of the committee capped at $5,000.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative